Where does “easyish” come from?
easyish (English) comes from English easy, from Middle English esy, from English ease, from Middle English ese, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.
easyish (English): Quite easy
Definitions
- Quite easy
Ancestry of “easyish”, step by step
easyish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English easy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | easy | Comfortable; at ease; Requiring little skill or... |
| 2 | Middle English | esy | Comfortable, pleasant; Convenient, suitable, fit;... |
| 3 | English | ease | Ability, the means to do something, particularly;... |
| 4 | Middle English | ese | Alternative form of eise; Physical comfort, or... |
| 5 | Old French | aise | Alternative form of eise; empty space, elbow... |
| 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |