Etymology

outlook

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Today it means: A place from which something can be viewed. Full definition →

English look ← Middle English loken ← Old English lōcian
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outlook · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*lōkōn
  8. Old Englishlōcian
  9. Middle Englishloken
  10. Englishlook
  11. English todayoutlook

From out- + look.

outlook · noun2

From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “outside + surface”) and English look (“appearance”). Same etymology as Cantonese outlook.

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