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Where does “myssease” come from?

myssease (Middle English) comes from Old French mesaise, from Old French aise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “myssease”, step by step

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