Where does “outage” come from?
Outage comes from Middle English out combined with Old French -age, derived from Latin -aticum, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ud, Latin -icus, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos.
outage (English): A temporary suspension of operation, especially...
Definitions
- A temporary suspension of operation, especially...
Ancestry of “outage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 2 | Middle English | oute | — |
| 3 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |