Easel

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late 16th century: from Dutch ezel ‘ass’. The word ‘horse’ is used in English in a similar way to denote a supporting frame.


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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.


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easel (n.)

1590s, from Dutch ezel "easel," originally "ass," from Middle Dutch esel, from Latin asinus "ass" (see ass (n.1)); the comparison being of loading a burden on a donkey and propping up a painting or canvas on a wooden stand (compare sawhorse, French chevalet, Italian cavalletto).