Etymology

facilitate

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Today it means: To make easy or easier. Full definition →

French faciliter ← Latin facilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfacilis
  2. French · borrowed fromfaciliter“facilitate”
  3. English todayfacilitate

Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.

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