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Where does “utteress” come from?

utteress (English) comes from English utter, from Middle English outre, from Old English ūtera, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

utteress (English): A woman who utters; a female utterer

Definitions

  1. A woman who utters; a female utterer

Ancestry of “utteress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishutterOuter; furthest out, most remote; Outward;...
2Middle Englishoutre—
3Old Englishūteraouter
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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