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asleep (adj.)
c. 1200,
aslepe
,
o slæpe
, from Old English
on slæpe
(see
sleep
). The parallel form
on sleep
continued until c. 1550. Of limbs, "numb through stoppage of circulation," from late 14c. Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c.
