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facibilis

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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