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Where does “geekout” come from?

geekout (English) comes from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

geekout (English): The action of the verb "to geek out"; enthusing...

Definitions

  1. The action of the verb "to geek out"; enthusing...

Ancestry of “geekout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
2Middle Englishoute—
3Old Englishūtout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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