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Where does “fácil” come from?

fácil (Spanish) comes from Portuguese fácil, from Latin facilis, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

fácil (Spanish): easy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...

Definitions

  1. easy, facile, simple; easy-to-use, user-friendly;...

Ancestry of “fácil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fácil”

  • facilísimo
  • facilito
  • fácilmente
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