Etymology

outexecute

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Today it means: To execute plays more successfully than another person or team Full definition →

English execute ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt-
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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. Englishexecute
  8. English todayoutexecute

From out- + execute.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.