Etymograph

English

facultativeness

From facultative + -ness.

Formed from facultative + -ness

Proto-Italic *fakelitāts

Latin facultas ‘ability to do any thing easily, skill,…’

French facultatif ‘optional, elective’

English facultative

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being facultative.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / facultativeness