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English word difficult comes from Latin facilis (Easy. That may or can be done or made.), Latin -ius, Latin dis-
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facilis (Latin)
Easy. That may or can be done or made.
-ius (Latin)
Genitive suffix for some irregular pronouns. Forming adjectives from nouns.
dis- (Latin)
Asunder, apart, in two. Reversal, removal. Utterly, exceedingly.
difficilis (Latin)
(of character) obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage. Difficult, troublesome.
difficul (Latin)
difficultas (Latin)
Difficulty, distress, trouble.
difficulté (Old French)
Difficulty.
difficultee (Middle English)
difficulty (English)
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
difficult (English)
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.. (often, _, of a, person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.