Etymology

outcare

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Today it means: Care or services provided to patients after discharge from a healthcare facility; outpatient care. Full definition →

English care ← Middle English care ← Old English caru
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
  8. Proto-Germanic*karō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*karu
  10. Old Englishcaru
  11. Middle Englishcare
  12. Englishcare
  13. English todayoutcare

From out- + care.

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