facilitate English · revision 10613

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=fr faciliter|origins=it facilitare}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|faciliter|t=to make easy]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Italian facilitare,^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from facilità, ease, Latin facilitās (see [[facility]]),^(MWU 2024) from facilis, easy to do, from facere, to do (see [[facile]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) with the English ending [[-ate]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To make an action or process easier: 1611 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To help a person, lessen their labour, is from 1646.^(OED 1989) In physiology, to strengthen a nerve response or make it more likely is from 1906.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – to make easier.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1646 – to assist a person.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1906 – in physiology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make easier; to help the [[progress]] of.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[facilitative]]

+ * [[facilitator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[facile]]

+ * [[facilitation]]

+ * [[facilitatory]]

+ * [[facility]]

+ * [[difficult]]

+ * [[faculty]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}