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Where does “facilitare” come from?

facilitare (Italian) 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.

facilitare (Italian): to facilitate; to ease, help

Definitions

  1. to facilitate; to ease, help

Ancestry of “facilitare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “facilitare”

  • facilitate
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