## Etymology
The verb is from Old English 'wos' ('juice, sap'); the noun 'soft mud' is from Old English 'wase' ('mire'). Both ultimately from Proto-Germanic roots and merged in modern 'ooze'.

## AI Etymology
Ooze is the verb is from Old English 'wos' ('juice, sap'); the noun 'soft mud' is from Old English 'wase' ('mire'). Both ultimately from Proto-Germanic roots and merged in modern 'ooze'. Important recorded forms include wos (Old English) and wase (Old English). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to flow or seep out slowly; soft mud or slime. The wider family includes derived forms such as oozy, oozing, and oozer.

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