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Where does “ausschließlich” come from?

ausschließlich (German) comes from German ausschließen, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt — out, outward.

ausschließlich (German): exclusive; exclusively; barring, excluding

Definitions

  1. exclusive; exclusively; barring, excluding

Ancestry of “ausschließlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanausschließento exclude, to debar; to rule out; to lock out...
2Germanaus-out-
3GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
4EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
5Middle Englishoute—
6Old Englishūtout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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