ease
Old Frenchcomfort, freedom from difficulty
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From Old French aise (comfort, pleasure, opportunity), possibly from Latin adjacēns (lying nearby). Everyday words like ease, easy, and easily express comfort and lack of difficulty. The negative forms are revealing: disease (originally dis-ease, "lack of comfort"), malaise (bad ease, vague discomfort), and uneasy (not at ease).
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easy
not difficult; achieved without great effort
disease
an illness or medical condition
easily
without difficulty
ease
Lack of difficulty; a state of comfort (n.); to reduce pain or tension (v.)
uneasy
Feeling anxious or uncomfortable; not at ease
malaise
A vague feeling of physical or mental discomfort and unease
disease-resistant
Able to resist or withstand disease
infectious-disease
A disease that can spread from person to person