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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la faciō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [faˈkɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [faˈt͡ʃiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''facilitās''' ''f'' (genitive facilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[facilis]] “easy” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) ⟨Facilis⟩ is from [[faciō]] “to do, make”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of good nature.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant ease of doing something, as in Cicero, the quality of being easy to handle, and of persons facility, fluency, as Quintilian's ''facilitās ōris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant promptness, readiness, as in Livy, and aptitude, a tendency, which Cicero contrasts with ''prōclīvitās'', a tendency to evil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of character it meant good nature, indulgence, obligingness, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant facility, ease.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''facilità'', French ''facilité'' and Spanish ''facilidad'', and [[en|facility]] came from it through Old French in the early 15th century, first meaning “gentleness”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of good nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of ease and of aptitude.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of readiness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Ease, [[m|en|facility]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Ease of handling.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Fluency.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Readiness, promptness.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Aptitude, tendency.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Good nature, indulgence.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[facilis]]
+ * [[faciō]]
+ * [[facultās]]
+ * [[en|facility]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}