The story
- French · borrowed frommalaise“ill ease”
- English todaymalaise
From French malaise (“ill ease”), from mal- (“bad, badly”) + aise (“ease”). Compare ill at ease.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
malaise
Today it means: A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. Full definition →
French malaise