Do you speak a little Dutch when you say 'easel'?

'Easel' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'ezel'. The word entered the English language some time around 1596.

easel [noun] [1596]

A frame for supporting something (as an artist's canvas)

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Etymology: Dutch 'ezel' literally, ass, from Middle Dutch 'esel;' akin to Old English 'esol' ass; both from a prehistoric word borrowed from Latin 'asinus' ass

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