Facilitate

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early 17th century: from French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from facile ‘easy’, from Latin facilis (see facile).

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From French faciliter, from Latin facilis

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facilitate (v.)

1610s, "make easy, render less difficult," from French faciliter "to render easy," from stem of Latin facilis "easy to do," from facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Related: Facilitated; facilitates; facilitating.