Where does “outgo” come from?
outgo (English) comes from Middle English outgon, from Old English ūtgān, from Cebuano -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
outgo (English): To go out, to set forth; To go further; to exceed...
Definitions
- To go out, to set forth; To go further; to exceed...
Ancestry of “outgo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | outgon | — |
| 2 | Old English | ūtgān | to go out |
| 3 | Cebuano | -an | place of |
| 4 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
Words derived from “outgo”