Where does “out-” come from?

out- (English) comes from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

out- (English): External to, on the outside of; Toward the...

Definitions

  1. External to, on the outside of; Toward the...

Ancestry of “out-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
2Latin-utus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “out-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uț →