difficult的词源

英文词源

difficult

difficult: [14] Difficult means literally ‘not easy’. It is a back-formation from difficulty [14], which was borrowed from Latin difficultās. This was a derivative of the adjective difficilis (source of French difficile), which was a compound formed from the prefix dis- ‘not’ and facilis ‘easy’ (whence English facile [15]).
=> facile

difficult (adj.)

c. 1400, apparently a back-formation from difficulty. French has difficile, Latin difficilis. Of persons, "hard to please," from 1580s.

中文词源

difficult：困难的

dis-, 不，非。facile, 简单的，好做的，词源同fact, efficient. 即不好做的，困难的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：difficult 词源，difficult 含义。

difficult：困难的，艰难的

来源于拉丁语dis-(否定)和facilis(容易的)组成的复合词difficilis。

同源词：difficulty, facile, facilitate, facility, faculty