Etymology

layout

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Today it means: A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. Full definition →

English lay outdeverb. ← Middle English oute ← Old English ūte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  5. Old Englishleċġan
  6. Middle Englishleyen
  7. Englishlay
  8. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  9. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  10. Proto-West Germanic*ūt
  11. Old Englishūt
  12. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  13. Proto-Germanic*ūtai
  14. Proto-West Germanic*ūtē
  15. Old Englishūte
  16. Middle Englishoute
  17. Englishout
  18. Englishlay outdeverb.
  19. English todaylayout

Deverbal from lay out.

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