Where does “Malaise” come from?
Malaise (German) comes from French malaisé, from French aisé, from Old French aisié, from Old French aisier, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.
Malaise (German): discomfort, unease
Definitions
- discomfort, unease
Ancestry of “Malaise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | malaisé | difficult, awkward |
| 2 | French | aisé | easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless;... |
| 3 | Old French | aisié | past participle of aisier; eased, at ease, at... |
| 4 | Old French | aisier | to put at ease; to facilitate |
| 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 |