difficulty

Words with a similar base: difficulty

'difficulty'

[trouble.n.04] as in: an effort that is inconvenient

Examples:
I went to a lot of trouble
he won without any trouble
had difficulty walking
finished the test only with great difficulty

'difficulty'

[difficulty.n.02] as in: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

Examples:
serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent

'difficulty'

[difficulty.n.03] as in: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

Examples:
grappling with financial difficulties

'difficulty'

[difficulty.n.04] as in: the quality of being difficult

Examples:
they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

Origins

					difficulty (English)
└── difficultee (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── difficulté (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── difficultas (Latin)
            ├── -tas (Latin)
            ├── difficilis (Latin)
            │   ├── dis- (Latin)
            │   └── facilis (Latin)
            │       ├── -ilis (Latin)
            │       ├── facere (Latin)
            │       ├── facio (Latin)
            │       └── facio (Portuguese)
            └── difficul (Latin)

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