Etymology

outdraw

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Today it means: To extract or draw out. Full definition →

Middle English outdrauen ← Old English ūtdragan ← Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*ūtdraganą
  2. Old English · inherited fromūtdragan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromoutdrauen
  4. English todayoutdraw

From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”). By surface analysis, out- + draw.

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