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out-
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out.
prefix
- External to, on the outside of outback
- Toward the outside of, away from outcast
- Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive. outdo
- Greater than outsize
- Beyond The plant's leaves outgrew their box
- Completely outfit
