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Definition astonish

Etymology

From an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, aston, astun (�to astonish, confound, stun�), from Middle English astonien, astunien, astonen, astunen, astounen (�to astound, stun, astonish�), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *?stunian, from ?- (perfective prefix) + stunian (�to make a loud sound, crash, resound, roar, bang, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy�), from Proto-Germanic *stun?n? (�to sound, crash, bang, groan�), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)ton- (�to thunder, roar, groan�), equivalent to a- +‎ stun. Compare German erstaunen (�to astonish, amaze�). Another possible source, or else influence, is Old French estoner, estuner, estonuer, estonner (�to stun�), either from an assumed Vulgar Latin *extonare (�to strike with thunder, daze, stupefy, stun�) from Late Latin *extono (ex +‎ tono), or from Old Frankish *stunen (�to stun�), related to Middle High German stunen (�to knock, strike, stun�) and then, if not the source, still a cognate of the word astonish.

Verb

astonish (third-person singular simple present astonishes, present participle astonishing, simple past and past participle astonished)

1. To surprise greatly.

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