Where does “toadstool disease” come from?
toadstool disease (English) comes from English disease, from Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, from Old French desaise, from Old French eise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.
Ancestry of “toadstool disease”, step by step
toadstool disease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disease | An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant... |
| 2 | Middle English | disese | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | desese | — |
| 4 | Old French | desaise | disease; deformity; melancholy |
| 5 | Old French | eise | ease |
| 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 toadstool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toadstool | Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an... |
| 2 | English | stool | A seat, especially for one person and without... |
| 3 | Middle English | stool | — |
| 4 | Old English | stōl | chair, seat, throne |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōl | stool, chair |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stōlaz | stool; throne; chair |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stoh₂los | frame, rack, stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |