maze
English
/ˈmeɪz/
noun
Definitions
- A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
- Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
- Confusion of thought; state of bewilderment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mase, masen (perplex, bewilder) inherited from Old English *mæs (delusion, bewilderment).
Origin
Old English
*mæs
Gloss
delusion, bewilderment
Kanji
惑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amaze English
- amazeballs English
- amazeful English
- amazement English
- amazest English
- amazeth English
- amazing English
- bemaze English
- extramaze English
- intramaze English
- mazeful English
- mazelike English
- mazement English
- mazework English
- mazily English
- maziness English
- mazy English
- water English
- watermaze English
- work English
- Mosa Latin
- Mosa Italian
- Meuse French
- Mosa Spanish, Castilian
- *mæs Old English
- āmasian Old English
- amasen Middle English
- bemasen Middle English
- mase Middle English
- masen Middle English
- masa Old Norse
- Mosa Catalan, Valencian
- masa Icelandic
- *mosā Proto-Celtic