Where does “diseased” come from?
Diseased derives from Middle English diseased, from Old English diseased, from Proto-Germanic *diseadaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "separated" or "apart."
diseased (English): Affected with or suffering from disease; simple...
Definitions
- Affected with or suffering from disease; simple...
Ancestry of “diseased”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disease | An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant... |
| 2 | Middle English | disese | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | desese | — |
| 4 | Old French | desaise | disease; deformity; melancholy |
| 5 | Old French | eise | ease |
| 6 | Latin | adiacēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “diseased”