outfall · verb1
- Middle English · inherited fromoutfallen
- English todayoutfall
From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).
outfall · noun2
From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.