Where does “outhire” come from?
outhire (English) comes from English hire, from Middle English hire, from Old English hire, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
outhire (English): To hire out
Definitions
- To hire out
Ancestry of “outhire”, step by step
outhire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hire | Payment for the temporary use of something;... |
| 2 | Middle English | hire | Third-person singular feminine genitive... |
| 3 | Old English | hire | genitive/dative of hēo |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |