Where does “facilitate” come from?
facilitate (Latin) comes from Latin facilitas, from Latin facul, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
facilitate (Latin): ablative singular of facilitās
Definitions
- ablative singular of facilitās
Ancestry of “facilitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | facilitas | ease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness;... |
| 2 | Latin | facul | easily |
| 3 | Latin | facilis | that may or can be done or made; easy, facile |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |