Where does “outgoing” come from?
Outgoing derives from Middle English outgon, from Old English ūtgān, a compound of ūt (out) and gān (to go).
outgoing (English): Extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social,...
Definitions
- Extraverted: talkative, friendly, and social,...
Ancestry of “outgoing”, step by step
outgoing traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English going
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | going | Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly |
| 2 | English | Go | An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular... |
| 3 | English | stop | To cease moving; To not continue; To cause to... |
| 4 | English | top | The highest or uppermost part of something; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | top | The summit or top of something, especially a... |
| 6 | Old English | topp | top, summit (of something) |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |
via English outgo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outgo | To go out, to set forth; To go further; to exceed... |
| 2 | Middle English | outgon | — |
| 3 | Old English | ūtgān | to go out |
| 4 | Cebuano | -an | place of |
| 5 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |