Where does “outrageux” come from?
outrageux (French) comes from French outrage, from Old French oltrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
outrageux (French): outrageous, over-the-top
Definitions
- outrageous, over-the-top
Ancestry of “outrageux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | outrage | offence, insult, contempt; onslaught;... |
| 2 | Old French | oltrage | insult; offence; impoliteness; excess;... |
| 3 | Latin | ultraticum | a going beyond |
| 4 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |