English
gaze
Gaze comes from Middle English gasen ‘to gaze or stare (at)’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gasen‘to gaze or stare (at)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609gaze
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gasen‘to gaze or stare (at)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609gaze
Earliest quotation: 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 5: “Those howers that with gentle worke did frame /…”
Every English word from Middle English gasen
Today it means
verb To stare intently or earnestly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gasen / gaze