Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. · Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. · Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. · A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. · To counterpoise; to counterbalance. · To be of a given weight; to weigh. · To add weight to, to weigh down.
From Middle English poys, poyse, from Anglo-Norman pois, Middle French pois (“weight”) and Anglo-Norman poise, Middle French poise (“measure of weight”), from Latin pendere (“to weigh, ponder, think”). Doublet of peise.
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