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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
3Latinultrā—
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “outrage”

  • outrager
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