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Thought to be old Dutch 'ezel'. There is an old German word 'esel' and a similar word in old English
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What country does the word easel come from?
alex pilgrim in bermuda says that easel is from Netherland as it is Dutch
What country does easel come from?
The word "easel" comes from a Dutch word - "ezel" meaning "ass" (as in donkey). During the late 16th century it was changed to "easel." The word ezel is similar to the word "horse" when used to describe a supporting frame for things such as carpentry.
How do you use the word easel in a sentence?
The artist approached the easel.
What is a good example sentence with the word easel?
The easel collapsed when the frenzied cat tried to climb it.
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Where does the word easel come from?
The word is an old Germanic synonym for donkey (compare similar semantics); its equivalent is the only word for both animal and apparatus in various languages, such as Esel in German and Afrikaans and earlier ezel in Dutch (the easel generally in full schildersezel, 'painter's donkey'), themselves derived from Latin Asinus (hence ass), interestingly in Danish the word is staffeli and donkey is æsel.
