Latin
difficultās
‘difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin difficultās.
2 English words in this record descend from Latin difficultās, most familiar first.
- difficult ← difficulte ← difficulte ← difficulté
- difficulty ← difficulte ← difficulte
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Etymograph / Latin difficultās