Etymology

outmanoeuvre

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Today it means: To perform manoeuvres or movements more successfully or better than; to surpass or get the advantage of in manoeuvring; to outgeneral. Full definition →

English manoeuvre ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishmanoeuvre
  8. English todayoutmanoeuvre

From out- + manoeuvre.

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