Part of speech: Verb
disturb the composure of
Categories: Upset, Discompose, Untune, Disconcert, Discomfit
Unsettle, Faze, Unnerve, Enervate
The word "faze" comes from Proto-Indo-European *pent-. It started in Proto-Germanic *funsijaną. Then it appeared in Old English fēsan. Later, people used it in Middle English fēsen. Many other languages have similar words:.
feeze – A related word in the same word family.
feese – A related word in the same word family.
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.