Where does “a-strout” come from?
a-strout (Middle English) comes from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
a-strout (Middle English): protruding, poking out
Definitions
- protruding, poking out