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

  1. A temporary suspension of operation, especially...

Ancestry of “outage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
2Middle Englishouteout
3Old Englishūtout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →