Etymologically

facibilis

Etymology and origin of the Latin word facibilis

Confidence
Established
Formation
Derivation
Ultimate origin
Latin faciō
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin facio
French affaire
French faire
Italian fare
Latin facibilis
From the same root
English surfeit ← facio
Latin assuefacio ← facio
Latin clarificus ← facio
Latin commonefacio ← facio
Latin disfacio ← facio
Latin efficio ← facio
Latin facesso ← facio
Latin facienda ← facio
Latin facilis ← facio
Latin factito ← facio
Latin factor ← facio
Latin factus ← facio
Latin iustifico ← facio
Latin labefacio ← facio
Latin officio ← facio
Latin officium ← facio
Latin reficio ← facio
Latin sanctifico ← facio
French parfaire ← faire
French refaire ← faire
Italian affare ← fare

Forms

facibilis (neuter facibile); third-declension adjective[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin faciō (“to do, make”), an adjective formed in Medieval Latin.[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

Du Cange cites it from a register of the Paris Chambre des Comptes: “licet praemissa difficilia sint, sunt tamen facibilia” (although the matters above are difficult, they can still be done).[1]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) Feasible, that can be done.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
  2. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
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“Facibilis.” Etymologically, 25 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/facibilis. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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