Easygoing

/ˈiːziːɡoʊɪŋ/ adjective

Definition

Relaxed and not easily upset or worried; willing to go along with others' ideas without complaint.

Etymology

Combines 'easy' (from Old French 'aise', meaning comfort) and 'going' (present participle of 'go'). The compound emerged in the 18th century to describe someone whose temperament allows them to move smoothly through social situations.

Kelly Says

This word perfectly captures how English builds personality descriptors from motion verbs—we describe people as 'easygoing' or 'hard-driving' by comparing them to physical movement, revealing how our language sees personality as momentum.

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