Where does “difficulte” come from?
difficulte (Middle English) comes from Middle French difficulté, from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
Ancestry of “difficulte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | difficulté | difficulty |
| 2 | Old French | difficulté | 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 | — |