Etymology

moveout

M3O1V4E1O1U1T1

Today it means: The act of moving out of a property. Full definition →

English out ← Middle English oute ← Old English ūte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchmover
  6. Middle Englishmoven
  7. Englishmove
  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. English todaymoveout

From move + out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.