Etymology

outlay

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Today it means: A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended. Full definition →

English lay ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt-
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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. Englishlay
  8. English todayoutlay

From out- + lay.

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