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Where does “utfus” come from?

utfus (Old English) comes from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

utfus (Old English): eager to leave, ready to depart

Definitions

  1. eager to leave, ready to depart

Ancestry of “utfus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūtout
2Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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