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Where does “dificultad” come from?

dificultad (Spanish) comes from Latin difficultas, from Latin difficilis, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

dificultad (Spanish): difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge,...

Definitions

  1. difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge,...

Ancestry of “dificultad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindifficultasdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardship
2Latindifficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate,...
3Latinfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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