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Where does “easygoing” come from?

Easygoing is an English compound of easy and going, with easy tracing through Middle English esy and Middle English -y to Middle French -ie, Latin -ium, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

easygoing (English): calm, relaxed, casual and informal; unhurried

Definitions

  1. calm, relaxed, casual and informal; unhurried

Ancestry of “easygoing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheasyComfortable; at ease; Requiring little skill or...
2Middle EnglishesyComfortable, pleasant; Convenient, suitable, fit;...
3EnglisheaseAbility, the means to do something, particularly;...
4Middle EnglisheseAlternative form of eise; Physical comfort, or...
5Old FrenchaiseAlternative form of eise; empty space, elbow...
6Latinadiacēns—
7LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “easygoing”

  • easygoingness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →