Etymology

outgang

out·gang
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Today it means: An exit or egress. Full definition →

Middle English outgang ← Old English ūtgang ← Proto-West Germanic *ūtgang
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*ūtgangaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*ūtgang
  3. Old English · inherited fromūtgang“an outgoing, exit”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromoutgang
  5. English todayoutgang

Inherited from Middle English outgang, from Old English ūtgang (“an outgoing, exit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtgang, from Proto-Germanic *ūtgangaz, equivalent to out- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutgoang (“exit”), West Frisian útgong (“exit”), Dutch uitgang (“exit”), German Ausgang (“exit”), Swedish utgång (“exit”).

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