Where does “outgrow” come from?

Outgrow comes from Middle English ut- combined with Old English ūt-, from Proto-Germanic grōaną meaning to grow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots gʰreH₁- and ud.

outgrow (English): To become too big in size or too mature in age or...

Definitions

  1. To become too big in size or too mature in age or...

Ancestry of “outgrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishout-External to, on the outside of; Toward the...
2Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
3Latin-utus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uț →