facilitate
English
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
verb
Definitions
- To make easy or easier.
- To help bring about.
- To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Etymology
Derived from French faciliter derived from Latin facilis (easy, doable, easy to do).
Origin
Latin
facilis
Gloss
easy, doable, easy to do
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autofacilitatory English
- cofacilitate English
- cofacilitator English
- disfacilitate English
- disfacilitatory English
- facilitative English
- facilitatively English
- facilitator English
- facilitatory English
- nonfacilitative English
- nonfacilitator English
- fasilitoida Finnish
- fasilitointi Finnish
- difficilis Latin
- facilis Latin
- facilitas Latin
- facilito Latin
- faciō Latin
- perfacile Latin
- perfacilis Latin
- facile Italian
- facile French
- facilitation French
- faciliter French
- fácil Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- fácil Portuguese
- facilitator Danish
- facila Esperanto
- fàcil Catalan, Valencian
- fácil Galician
- facile Middle French
- fácil Asturian
- fàcili Sicilian
- fàçile Ligurian
- fázil Dalmatian
- fácele Mirandese