Where does “mazedly” come from?
mazedly (English) comes from Middle English masedliche, from Middle English mased, from Middle English masen, from Middle English amased, from Old English āmasian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ- — out, outward.
mazedly (English): In an astonished or bewildered manner
Definitions
- In an astonished or bewildered manner
Ancestry of “mazedly”, step by step
mazedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English masedliche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | masedliche | ignorantly, stupidly |
| 2 | Middle English | mased | Bewildered, amazed, perplexed, or misled;... |
| 3 | Middle English | masen | To bewilder, amaze, perplex, or mislead; To be... |
| 4 | Middle English | amased | shocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,... |
| 5 | Old English | āmasian | to perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish |
| 6 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 7 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |