English
facility
Facility comes from Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, from Latin facilitās ‘ease’, from facilis ‘doable, easy’, from faciō ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put, do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to do, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfacilis‘doable, easy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfacilitās‘ease, facility’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600facilité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500facilite
- Englishearliest quotation 1603facility
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put, do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to do, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfacilis‘doable, easy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfacilitās‘ease, facility’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600facilité
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500facilite
- Englishearliest quotation 1603facility
Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the…”
Equivalent to facile + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do, put’
Latin facere ‘to do, make’
Latin facilis ‘easy to do, easy, doable’
Middle French facile ‘easy’
English facile
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *θakjō
effectively, effectiveness, ineffective, affectionate, imperfection, putrefaction, 64 more
through Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
effective, factor, perfection, affection, interface, manufacture, imperfect, faction, affective, defection, facet, defector, effector, affectation, confectionary, deface, 70 more
through Latin faciō ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
perfect, effect, face, fact, feature, affect, profit, infection, efficient, difficulty, sacrifice, affair, feat, deficit, defect, fetish, efficacy, facial, superficial, infect, counterfeit, deficient, facade, façade, maleficent, beautify, facsimile, confection, hacienda, aficionado, refectory, efficacious, beneficent, parfait, confit, facies, 86 more
through Latin facilis ‘doable, easy’
through Latin facilitās ‘ease, easiness, facility, readiness’
Today it means
noun The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / facility