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
Definitions
- In a mazy manner
Ancestry of “mazily”, step by step
mazily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mazy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |