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Where does “aisé” come from?

aisé (French) comes from Old French aisié, from Old French aisier, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

aisé (French): easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless;...

Definitions

  1. easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless;...

Ancestry of “aisé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaisiépast participle of aisier; eased, at ease, at...
2Old Frenchaisierto put at ease; to facilitate
3Old FrenchaiseAlternative form of eise; empty space, elbow...
4Latinadiacēns—
5LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →