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Where does “difficultueux” come from?

difficultueux (French) comes from French difficulté, from Middle French difficulté, from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

difficultueux (French): peevish, who starts difficulties; problematic

Definitions

  1. peevish, who starts difficulties; problematic

Ancestry of “difficultueux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdifficultédifficulty
2Middle Frenchdifficultédifficulty
3Old Frenchdifficultédifficulty
4Latindifficultasdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardship
5Latindifficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,...
6Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “difficultueux”

  • difficultueusement
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