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Easel

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a stand or frame used to support an artist's canvas or a display board
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Stage 1 of 2
ezel
Dutch · medieval
"donkey; a supporting frame"
literally "donkey", describing the sturdy wooden frame
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Stage 2 of 2
easel
English · 1600s
"a frame for supporting an artist's canvas"
adopted directly from Dutch for the artist's frame
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