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Where does “outfit” come from?

outfit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English outfit, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

outfit (Serbo-Croatian): outfit

Definitions

  1. outfit

Ancestry of “outfit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutfitA set of clothing; Gear consisting of a set of...
2EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
3Middle Englishoute—
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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