Where does “walkout” come from?
Walkout comes from English walk, from Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian, from Proto-Germanic walkōną, from Proto-Indo-European wel-.
walkout (English): A sudden stoppage of work; A similar mass action...
Definitions
- A sudden stoppage of work; A similar mass action...
Ancestry of “walkout”, step by step
walkout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English walk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | walk | To move on the feet by alternately setting each... |
| 2 | Middle English | walk | to watch |
| 3 | Old English | wealcian | to roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle |
| 4 | Frankish | walkōn | to roll; to full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | walkōną | To roll about; wallow; To full |
| 6 | Indo-European | *wel- | — |
via English out
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 2 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 3 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |