English → Latin
“facilitate” in Latin
expediōto free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles; to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, releasexplicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, setnegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))
The English word facilitate itself goes back to Latin facilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
facilitate
aliquid facile or facilius reddere: expedire: explicare (to make a perplexed business more feasible; e.g., negotia): adjuvare aliquem in re (Terentianus), ad rem or ad aliquid faciendum (to assist anybody in anything, or to do anything). litterature facilitates the practice of virtue, ad virtutem colendam adjuvamur litteris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for facilitate?
- The usual Latin words for “facilitate” are expediō, explicō, negōtium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.