Disease Definition
Other Word Forms of Disease
Noun
Origin of Disease
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Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise (dis- + ease). Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”)), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English disese from Old French des- dis- aise ease ease
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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