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
diseased traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |