Etymology

outbound

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Today it means: Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Old Norsebúinn
  8. Middle Englishbownde
  9. Englishbound
  10. English todayoutbound

From out- + bound.

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