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
- peevish, who starts difficulties; problematic
Ancestry of “difficultueux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 2 | Middle French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 3 | Old French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 4 | Latin | difficultas | difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship |
| 5 | Latin | difficilis | difficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,... |
| 6 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |