Meaning

noun aromatic bulb used as seasoning

verb be ill or unwell

verb cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

originInherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0