eath

Meanings

Adjective

• Easy; not hard or difficult.

Adverb

• Easily.

Related

Opposite words

• uneath
• difficult

Origin

• From Middle English ethe ("easy"), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- ("empty, lonely"). Cognate with Scots eith ("easy"), Old Saxon ōþi ("deserted, empty"), Old High German ōdi ("empty, abandoned, easy, effortless"), Middle High German öde ("blank, vacant, easy") (German öde), Old Norse auðr ("deserted, empty"), Icelandic auð ("easy"), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 ("desolate, deserted"). More at easy.