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Where does “malaise” come from?

Malaise comes from French malaise, from Old French mal- (badly) and eise (ease), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European melH₂- (soft, mild).

malaise (English): A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue...

Definitions

  1. A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue...

Ancestry of “malaise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmalaisédifficult, awkward
2Frenchaiséeasy to do, with ease, simple, effortless;...
3Old Frenchaisiépast participle of aisier; eased, at ease, at...
4Old Frenchaisierto put at ease; to facilitate
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 “malaise”

  • malaised
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