out-

English

prefix
Definitions
  • External to, on the outside of
  • Toward the outside of, away from
  • Forms verbs with the sense of surpass
  • Greater than, beyond
  • Completely

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ut- inherited from Old English ūt- (without, outside, out) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (out-).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ūt-

Gloss

out-

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