English
indisposition
Indisposition comes from Middle French indisposicion.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indisposicion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500indisposicioun‘Iniquity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751indisposition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600indisposicion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500indisposicioun‘Iniquity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751indisposition
Earliest quotation: 1751, Henry Fielding: “I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than…”
Every English word from Middle French indisposicion
Today it means
noun A mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French indisposicion / indisposition