English
disease
Disease comes from Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise ‘ease’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aise‘ease’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400desaise
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400desese
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500disese
- Englishearliest quotation 1526disease
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aise‘ease’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400desaise
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400desese
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500disese
- Englishearliest quotation 1526disease
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “Whyll he yett ſpeake there cam won from the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, 38 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 24 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
project, object, jet, injection, jess, inject, conjecture, adjective, ejection, jetty, eject, ejaculation, ejaculate, subjection, interject, jettison, 32 more
through Latin iaceō ‘to lie prostrate, lie down’
through Latin adiacēns ‘adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring’
Today it means
noun An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French aise / disease