different between easel vs eisel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ezel (“donkey; easel”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus (“young ass or small donkey”), diminutive of asinus (“ass, donkey”), ultimately from an unknown source in Asia Minor. Essentially, the stand that a painting is placed on is being likened to a donkey carrying a burden; compare horse (“a frame with legs used to support something”), as in clotheshorse and sawhorse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?.z(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i.z?l/
• Rhymes: -i?z?l
• Hyphenation: ea?sel

Noun

easel (plural easels)

1. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

Derived terms

• bench easel
• easel painting
• easellike

Translations

See also

• chevalet

Further reading

• easel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Elsea, Lease, Seale, eales, easle, lease, seale

English

Alternative forms

• eisell

Etymology

From Middle English aisel, aisille, aysel, from Old French aisil, from Late Latin *ac?tillum, a diminutive of Latin ac?tum (“vinegar”).

Noun

eisel (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) vinegar, verjuice
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1:

     Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile?

Anagrams

• Elise, Elsie