Where does “outlook” come from?
Outlook comes from English out- and -look, from Middle English ut- and Old English ūt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ud meaning "out."
outlook (English): A place from which something can be viewed; The...
Definitions
- A place from which something can be viewed; The...
Ancestry of “outlook”, step by step
outlook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Look
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Look | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |