Etymology

outgroup

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Today it means: The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group. Full definition →

English group ← Italian gruppo ← French groupe
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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. Italiangruppo
  8. Frenchgroupe
  9. Italiangruppo
  10. Englishgroup
  11. English todayoutgroup

From out- + group.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.