Etymology

astonied

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Today it means: In shock or confusion; bewildered, astonished. Full definition →

Old French estonner ← Vulgar Latin *extonare
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*extonare
  2. Old French · derived fromestonner
  3. English todayastonied

Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.

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