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Where does “mazeful” come from?

mazeful (English) comes from English maze, from Middle English mase, 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.

mazeful (English): Causing amazement; wonderful; Mazy; A quantity...

Definitions

  1. Causing amazement; wonderful; Mazy; A quantity...

Ancestry of “mazeful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmazeA labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated...
2Middle EnglishmaseSomething that causes bewilderment or mystery;...
3Middle EnglishmasenTo bewilder, amaze, perplex, or mislead; To be...
4Middle Englishamasedshocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,...
5Old Englishāmasianto perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish
6Old Englishā-a-; away, out
7Old Englishar-—
8Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
9Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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