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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
EASE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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EASE,
quietness, rest. (F.) M. E. ese, eise; Rob.
of Glouc. p. 42; Ancren Riwle, p. 108.—O. F. aise,
ease; the same word as Ital. agio, Port. azo.
Origin unknown; perhaps Celtic; cf. Gael. adhais, leisure,
ease; see Diez. Der. ease, verb, eas-y,
eas-i-ly, eas-i-ness; also ease-ment, in Udal, on S.
James, c. 5; also dis-ease, q.v.; ad-agio. [†]
ADDENDA
Several correspondents
refer me to A.S. eáðe, easy, the well-known word which
appears in Uneath, q.v. It has nothing whatever to do
with ease, which is plainly from the French. It is the
etymology of the F. aise which is obscure; and, as to deriving the
O.F. aise from A.S. eáðe, I take it to be wholly out of the
question. See what Diez has written about the Ital. form
agio; also Scheler's note upon Diez, p. 705.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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