Where does “outinsult” come from?
outinsult (English) comes from English insult, from Middle French insult, from Latin insultus, from Latin insilio, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
outinsult (English): To surpass in insulting
Ancestry of “outinsult”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | insult | To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to ; to... |
| 2 | Middle French | insult | — |
| 3 | Latin | insultus | a scoffing, reviling, insult |
| 4 | Latin | insilio | I leap upon or in; I bound |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |