Where does “outrage” come from?
outrage (Old French) comes from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Ancestry of “outrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ultraticum | a going beyond |
| 2 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |