Where does “mazily” come from?
mazily (English) comes from English mazy, 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- — out, outward.
mazily (English): In a mazy manner
Ancestry of “mazily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mazy | Mazelike; like a maze; Not straight; zigzagging;... |
| 2 | English | maze | A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | mase | Something that causes bewilderment or mystery;... |
| 4 | Middle English | masen | To bewilder, amaze, perplex, or mislead; To be... |
| 5 | Middle English | amased | shocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,... |
| 6 | Old English | āmasian | to perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish |
| 7 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 8 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |