Etymology

misease

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Today it means: Suffering, distress. Full definition →

Middle English myssease ← Old French mesaise
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  1. Old French · derived frommesaise
  2. Middle English · inherited frommyssease
  3. English todaymisease

From Middle English myssease, from Old French mesaise, from mes- (“mis-”) + aise (“ease”). Equivalent to mis- + ease. Cognate with French mésaise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.