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Where does “miseasy” come from?

miseasy (English) comes from English misease, from Middle English myssease, from Old French mesaise, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

miseasy (English): Not easy; painful

Definitions

  1. Not easy; painful

Ancestry of “miseasy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmisease—
2Middle Englishmyssease—
3Old Frenchmesaisesuffering; hardship; poverty; lack of resources
4Old FrenchaiseAlternative form of eise; empty space, elbow...
5Latinadiacēns—
6LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →