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Where does “outperform” come from?

Outperform comes from English out- combined with perform, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ud meaning "out."

outperform (English): To perform better than something or someone

Definitions

  1. To perform better than something or someone

Ancestry of “outperform”, 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 “outperform”

  • outperformer
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