Where does “amazingly” come from?
Amazingly derives from English amaze plus the English suffix -ing, from Old English -ing (verbal suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots including līg- and ḱóm.
amazingly (English): In an amazing manner; in a way that causes...
Definitions
- In an amazing manner; in a way that causes...
Ancestry of “amazingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | amazing | present participle of amaze; Causing wonder and... |
| 2 | English | amaze | To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish,... |
| 3 | Middle English | amased | shocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,... |
| 4 | Old English | āmasian | to perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish |
| 5 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 6 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |