Where does “zombie out” come from?

zombie out (English) comes from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

zombie out (English): Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant,...

Definitions

  1. Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant,...

Ancestry of “zombie out”, step by step

zombie out traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English out

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
2Middle Englishouteout
3Old Englishūtout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English zombie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzombieA snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa...
2Haitian Creolezonbizombie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →
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