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Where does “outland” come from?

outland (English) comes from English out-, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

outland (English): Provincial: from a province; Foreign: from...

Definitions

  1. Provincial: from a province; Foreign: from...

Ancestry of “outland”, 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

Words derived from “outland”

  • outlander
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