Where does “facile” come from?
facile (French) comes from Italian facile, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
facile (French): easy, simple
Definitions
- easy, simple
Ancestry of “facile”, step by step
facile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian facile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | facile | easy; cosy; effortless |
| 2 | Spanish | fácil | easy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;... |
| 3 | Portuguese | fácil | easy |
| 4 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Middle French facile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | facile | easy |