Where does “outdoorsman” come from?

outdoorsman (English) comes from English outdoors, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

outdoorsman (English): A man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or...

Definitions

  1. A man who spends time in outdoor pursuits or...

Ancestry of “outdoorsman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutdoorsNot inside a house or under covered structure;...
2EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
3Middle Englishouteout
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “outdoorsman”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →