Where does “outsmarter” come from?
outsmarter (English) comes from English outsmart, 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.
outsmarter (English): One who outsmarts; the victor in a battle of wits
Definitions
- One who outsmarts; the victor in a battle of wits
Ancestry of “outsmarter”, step by step
outsmarter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English outsmart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outsmart | To beat in a competition of wits |
| 2 | English | out- | External to, on the outside of; Toward the... |
| 3 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 4 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |