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Where does “facilitation” come from?

facilitation (French) comes from French faciliter, from Middle French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from Italian facile, from Spanish fácil, from Portuguese fácil, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō.

facilitation (French): facilitation

Definitions

  1. facilitation

Ancestry of “facilitation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaciliterfacilitate
2Middle Frenchfaciliter—
3Italianfacilitareto facilitate; to ease, help
4Italianfacileeasy; cosy; effortless
5Spanishfácileasy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...
6Portuguesefácileasy
7Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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