Etymology

outpass

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Today it means: To surpass or exceed. Full definition →

English pass ← Middle English passen ← Old French passer
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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. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  8. Proto-Italic*pattus
  9. Latinpassus
  10. Vulgar Latin*passāre
  11. Old Frenchpasser
  12. Middle Englishpassen
  13. Englishpass
  14. English todayoutpass

From out- + pass.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.