English

aguise

From a- + guise; compare disguise.

Formed from a- + guise

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see, view, behold, perceive’

Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ ‘manner, way’

Frankish *wīsa ‘manner, way, fashion’

Old French guisse

Middle English guise

English guise

Today it means

verb To dress; to array.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.