Where does “poutrage” come from?
poutrage (English) comes from English outrage, from Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
poutrage (English): Any outrage from a person so helpless that listeners are more inclined to mock them than to feel sympathy for their situation
Definitions
- Any outrage from a person so helpless that listeners are more inclined to mock them than to feel sympathy for their situation
Ancestry of “poutrage”, step by step
poutrage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English outrage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outrage | An excessively violent or vicious attack; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | outrage | — |
| 3 | Old French | outrage | — |
| 4 | Latin | ultraticum | a going beyond |
| 5 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |