outen

outen · preposition, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*úd“up, over”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*ūtanē“from without, outside of”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*ūtanā
4. Old English · inherited fromūtan“from outside, on the outside, without”
5. Middle English · inherited fromouten
6. English todayouten

From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”). Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (“out, forth”), German außen (“outside, out”), Swedish utan (“without, free from”). More at out.

outen · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
3. Proto-West Germanic*ūt
4. Old Englishūt
5. Proto-Germanic*ūt
6. Proto-Germanic*ūtai
7. Proto-West Germanic*ūtē
8. Old Englishūte
9. Middle Englishoute
10. Englishout
11. English todayouten

From out + -en.

Outen · proper noun³

1. Old English · derived fromOfa
2. Old English · derived fromufan
3. Middle English · derived fromove“above”
4. English todayOuten

* As an English surname, topographic surname from Middle English ove (“above”) (from Old English ufan) + toun (“village, town”). Also a variant of Oulton, Oughton (itself from Old English Ofa + tun). * As a Dutch surname, variant spelling of Ooten.

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