εύκολος

See also: εὔκολος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὔκολος (eúkolos), from εὐ- (eu-, “well, good”) +‎ κολος (kolos); the etymology of the second component is unknown.[1]

Adjective

εύκολος • (éfkolos) m (feminine εύκολη, neuter εύκολο)

  1. easy

Declension

Antonyms

  • διευκολύνω (diefkolýno, “facilitate”) & derivatives
  • εύκολα (éfkola, “easily”, adverb)
  • ευκολάκι n (efkoláki, “dead easy”) (colloquial, idiomatic)
  • ευκολία f (efkolía, “ease”)
  • ευκόλως (efkólos, “easily”, adverb) (formal, archaic)
  • ευκολύνω (efkolýno, “make easy, facilitate”)
  • πανεύκολος (panéfkolos, “very easy”)
  • see ευκολο- (efkolo-, “easy-”, prefix) antonym: δυσκολο- (dyskolo-)
    • also see ευ- (ef-, prefix) antonym: δυσ- (dys-)

Descendants

  • Aromanian: efcul

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δύσκολος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360.

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