English
facilize
From facile + -ize, originally after Italian facilitare.
Formed from facile + -ize
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
Today it means
verb To make something easy; to facilitate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / facilize