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Where does “outcrop” come from?

Outcrop comes from Old English ūt- meaning "out" combined with crop, ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic kruppaz and Proto-Indo-European roots grewb- and ger-.

outcrop (English): A piece of land that stands out from the land...

Definitions

  1. A piece of land that stands out from the land...

Ancestry of “outcrop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcropA plant, especially a cereal, grown to be...
2Middle Englishcrop—
3Old Englishcroppthe crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear...
4Proto-Germanic*kropp—
5Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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