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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

Old English ūt-

Middle English ut-

English out-

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti

Proto-Germanic *wazjaną

Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan

Old English werian

Middle English weren

English wear

English outwear

From out- + wear.

transitive To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive.
nonstandard, transitive, uncommon To wear out. Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror, Dazed with mysteries of woe and error, The soul is too outworn for wondering.