Where does “misease” come from?
misease (English) comes from Middle English myssease, from Old French mesaise, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
misease (English): Suffering, distress
Definitions
- Suffering, distress
Ancestry of “misease”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | myssease | suffering, distress |
| 2 | Old French | mesaise | suffering; hardship; poverty; lack of resources |
| 3 | Old French | aise | Alternative form of eise; empty space, elbow... |
| 4 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 5 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |