facility
Meaning
A place, piece of equipment, or service provided for a particular purpose.
An ability to do or learn something well and easily; a natural aptitude.
Structure
Usage
The sports facility includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool and a gymnasium.
She has a great facility for learning new languages.
The hotel offers excellent conference and business facilities.
Etymology
The word 'facility' originates from the Latin facilitas, meaning "easiness, readiness, or goodwill." This noun was derived from the adjective facilis ("easy to do"), which itself comes from the verb facere ("to make, to do"). The core logic is built on the root fac- (to do), combined with the suffix -ilis indicating capability, thus literally meaning "the quality of being capable of being done." Over time, this abstract sense of "ease in doing" evolved to denote both a natural aptitude for a task and, by extension, the physical means (a building, equipment, or service) that makes an activity easier to perform.
Analysis
fac (from Latin facere, meaning "to make, to do"), il (a variant of the Latin suffix -ilis, meaning "capable of"), ity (from Latin -itas, a suffix forming nouns indicating a state or quality).