Facilitation
/fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/noun
The act of making a process easier or assisting it to happen.
Did you know?Facilitation ultimately comes from Latin *facilis* (“easy to do”), built from *facere* (“to do, make”)—the same root behind a huge family of words about action, creation, and making things happen.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to put, place, do, make”
Latin
Latin
facere
“to do, make, perform”
Latin
Latin
facilis
“easy to do, manageable”
Late Latin
Latin
facilitāre
“to make easy”
Old French
Old French
faciliter
“to make easier”
16th Century
English
facilitation
“the act of making easier”