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Malaise

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease
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Stage 1 of 2
mal
French · medieval
"bad ease, discomfort"
bad, combined with aise (ease) for a general feeling of unease
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Stage 2 of 2
malaise
English · 1700s
"a general feeling of discomfort or unease"
adopted directly for a general feeling of discomfort or unease
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