Where does “outdoors” come from?
outdoors (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese outdoor, from English outdoor, from English out-, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
outdoors (Portuguese): plural of outdoor
Ancestry of “outdoors”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | outdoor | billboard |
| 2 | English | outdoor | Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried... |
| 3 | English | out- | External to, on the outside of; Toward the... |
| 4 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 5 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |