Where does “outsider” come from?
Outsider derives from English outside plus the English agent suffix -er, from Old French -er, Latin -are, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European sek- meaning to cut or separate.
outsider (English): One who is not part of a community or...
Definitions
- One who is not part of a community or...
Ancestry of “outsider”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outside | The part of something that faces out; the outer... |
| 2 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 3 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 4 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 8 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |