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simplify
1653, from Fr.
simplifier
"to make simpler" (15c.), from M.L.
simplificare
"to simplify," from L.
simplex
"simple" (see
simplex
) + root of
facere
"to make" (see
factitious
). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759.
