English
adoze
From a- + doze.
Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’
Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- ‘to fly, whirl’
Proto-Germanic *dusāną ‘to be dizzy’
Old Norse dúsa ‘to doze, rest, remain quiet’
Middle English *dosen
English doze
Today it means
adj Dozing, napping, asleep.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adoze