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Where does “oute-breken” come from?

oute-breken (Middle English) comes from Old English ūtābrecan — to break out.

Ancestry of “oute-breken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūtābrecanto break out

Words derived from “oute-breken”

  • outbreak
  • postoutbreak
  • preoutbreak
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