Etymology Explorer › FrenchWhere 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 offence, insult, contempt; onslaught;... Ancestry of “outrage”, step by step Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old French oltrage insult; offence; impoliteness; excess;... 2 Latin ultraticum a going beyond 3 Latin ultrā beyond 4 Latin -a suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... 5 Proto-Italic -ā Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases 6 Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ —
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