Etymology of the Latin word difficultas
the Latin word
difficultas (difficulty; trouble; hardship)
derived from the Latin word
difficilis (difficult, troublesome; hard; obstinate, intractable; inflexible)
using the Latin prefix
dis-derived from the Latin word
facilis (easy, easy to do, without difficulty)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Derivations in other languages
English
difficulty, French
difficulté, Italian
difficoltà, Portuguese
dificuldade, Spanish
dificultad
