Where does “amazement” come from?
Amazement comes from Middle English amazen, Old French -ment, Latin -mentum, Latin mens meaning mind, and Proto-Indo-European men- meaning to think.
amazement (English): The condition of being amazed; overwhelming...
Definitions
- The condition of being amazed; overwhelming...
Ancestry of “amazement”, step by step
amazement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amaze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amaze | To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish,... |
| 2 | Middle English | amased | shocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,... |
| 3 | Old English | āmasian | to perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish |
| 4 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 5 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |