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- Middle English · derived fromoutleten“to allow, let out, emit”
- Middle English · inherited fromoutlete
- English todayoutlet
From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- + let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.