Where does “uneasy” come from?
Uneasy comes from Middle English unesy, formed with the prefix un- from Old English un-, itself from on-, which derives from and-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ano- and ne combined with h₂ent-, meaning "not being" or "absence."
uneasy (English): Not easy; difficult; Restless; disturbed by pain,...
Definitions
- Not easy; difficult; Restless; disturbed by pain,...
Ancestry of “uneasy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | unesy | — |
| 2 | Middle English | esy | Comfortable, pleasant; Convenient, suitable, fit;... |
| 3 | English | ease | Ability, the means to do something, particularly;... |
| 4 | Middle English | ese | Alternative form of eise; Physical comfort, or... |
| 5 | Old French | aise | Alternative form of eise; empty space, elbow... |
| 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 |