Where does “outstayer” come from?
outstayer (English) comes from English outstay, from English stay, from Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, from Middle Dutch staeye, from Middle Dutch staede, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic stadiz.
outstayer (English): One who outstays
Definitions
- One who outstays
Ancestry of “outstayer”, step by step
outstayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English outstay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outstay | To stay beyond or longer than |
| 2 | English | stay | To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | stay | A stay |
| 4 | Old French | estaye | prop, support |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | staeye | a prop, stay |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | staede | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | stad | a site, place, location, standing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
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 |