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
- A piece of land that stands out from the land...
Ancestry of “outcrop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crop | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | crop | — |
| 3 | Old English | cropp | the crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kropp | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |