Etymology

outie

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Today it means: A navel that protrudes from the abdomen. Full definition →

English out ← Middle English oute ← Old English ūte
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The story

  1. Old Englishūt
  2. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  4. Proto-Germanic*ūtai
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ūtē
  6. Old Englishūte
  7. Middle Englishoute
  8. Englishout
  9. English todayoutie

From out + -ie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.