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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
QUEASY.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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QUEASY,
sickly, squeamish, causing or felling nausea. (Scand.) 'His queasy
stomach;' Much Ado, ii. 1. 399. 'A queysy mete;' Skelton,
Magnificence, 2295. 'Quaisy as meate or drinke is, dangereux;'
Palsgrave. Quaysy is used as a sb., in the sense of 'nausea,'
in Polit., Religious, and Love Poems, ed. Furnivall, p. 215, l. 22.
Formed as adj. from a Scand. source.—Norw. kveis, sickness after a
debauch (Aasen); Icel. kveisa, a whitlow, boil; iðra-kveisa,
bowel-pains, colic; Swed. dial. kvesa, a pimple, soreness,
blister. Cf. Swed. kväsa, to bruise, wound; A.S. tócwísan, to crush, Sweet's A.S.
Reader. β. The orig. sense appears to be 'sore,' as if from a wound
or bruise. Allied to Goth. kwistjan, to destroy; perhaps to Skt.
ji,
to overpower; Fick, iii. 55; i. 570. Der. queasi-ness, 2 Hen. IV, i.
1. 196.
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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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