Where does “teasement” come from?

teasement (English) comes from English tease, from Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic taisijan — to separate; to tug, to pluck; to shred.

teasement (English): The act of teasing

Definitions

  1. The act of teasing

Ancestry of “teasement”, step by step

teasement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tease

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteaseTo separate the fibres of a fibrous material; To...
2Middle EnglishtesenTo card straighten the fibres of wool
3Old Englishtǣsanto tease
4Proto-West Germanictaisijanto separate; to tug, to pluck; to shred

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic taisijan →Every word from Old English tǣsan →Every word from Middle English tesen →