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Where does “faciliter” come from?

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

faciliter (French): facilitate

Definitions

  1. facilitate

Ancestry of “faciliter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfaciliter—
2Italianfacilitareto facilitate; to ease, help
3Italianfacileeasy; cosy; effortless
4Spanishfácileasy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...
5Portuguesefácileasy
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 “faciliter”

  • facilitate
  • facilitating
  • facilitator
  • facilitative
  • facilitatory
  • cofacilitator
  • nonfacilitative
  • nonfacilitating
  • facilitatively
  • nonfacilitator
  • facilitation
  • fasilitoida
  • facilitator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →