Etymology

outbring

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Today it means: To bring out; deliver; utter; express. Full definition →

Middle English outbringen ← Old English ūtbrengan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromūtbrengan“to bring out”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromoutbringen
  3. English todayoutbring

From Middle English outbringen, outebringen, from Old English ūtbrengan (“to bring out”), equivalent to out- + bring. Cognate with Dutch uitbrengen (“to release, launch, bring out, utter”), German ausbringen (“to propose, give, space out”), Swedish utbringa (“to propose”).

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