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"ease (easiness)" in seven languages

Meaningease (easiness)

Spanish

facilidad

/faθiliˈdad/

fem.learned

French

facilité

/fasilite/

fem.learned

Aisance, from the same aise as English ease, is also used.

Italian

facilità

/fatʃiliˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

facilidade

/fasiliˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

ușurință

/uʃuˈrintsə/

fem.other source · ușor 'easy, light', of disputed origin

Catalan

facilitat

/fəsiliˈtat/

fem.learned

English

ease

/iz/

other source · Old French aise 'comfort', of disputed origin

English → Italianease (easiness)facilitàNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: facility, facile, facilitate.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FACILITĀTEM‘easiness (FACILIS 'easy, doable')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English ease is Old French aise, still in French à l'aise 'at ease'. To do something with ease, the sisters reach for FACILITĀTEM, English facility.

English relatives: facility, facile, facilitate

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esGanó con facilidad.
  • frElle a gagné avec facilité.
  • itHa vinto con facilità.
  • ptEla venceu com facilidade.
  • roA câștigat cu ușurință.
  • caVa guanyar amb facilitat.
  • enShe won with ease.

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