out-

(Inglese)

1. (morpheme) External to, on the outside of
2. (morpheme) Toward the outside of, away from
3. (morpheme) Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.
4. (morpheme) Greater than
5. (morpheme) Beyond
6. (morpheme) Completely

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: ut-

Ereditato da inglese antico: ūt-

Affine olandese: uit-

Affine tedesco: aus-

Affine svedese: ut-

Affine islandese: út-

In summary

From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out.