Where does “difficoltosamente” come from?
difficoltosamente (Italian) comes from Italian difficoltoso, from Italian difficoltà, from Latin difficultas, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
difficoltosamente (Italian): difficultly
Ancestry of “difficoltosamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | difficoltoso | difficult |
| 2 | Italian | difficoltà | difficulty |
| 3 | Latin | difficultas | difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship |
| 4 | Latin | difficilis | difficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,... |
| 5 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |