Where does “outrage” come from?

outrage (French) comes from Old French oltrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

outrage (French): offence, insult, contempt; onslaught;...

Definitions

  1. offence, insult, contempt; onslaught;...

Ancestry of “outrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencholtrageinsult; offence; impoliteness; excess;...
2Latinultraticuma going beyond
3Latinultrābeyond
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

Words derived from “outrage

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Latin ultrā