Where does “mazy” come from?
Mazy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Latin mittere, meaning to send.
mazy (English): Mazelike; like a maze; Not straight; zigzagging;...
Definitions
- Mazelike; like a maze; Not straight; zigzagging;...
Ancestry of “mazy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maze | A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | mase | Something that causes bewilderment or mystery;... |
| 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 |