outer

outer · adjective, noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromūtre
2. Middle English · inherited fromoutre
3. English todayouter

From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter.

outer · noun²

out (verb) + -er (“agent suffix”)

outer · adjective³

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 (adjective)
11. English todayouter

From out (adjective) + -er (“comparative suffix”).

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