Etymology

outlast

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Today it means: To live, last or remain longer than. Full definition →

English last ← Middle English lasten ← Old English lǣstan
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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. Old Englishlǣstan
  8. Middle Englishlasten
  9. Englishlast
  10. English todayoutlast

From out- + last.

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