Etymology

outpray

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

English pray ← Middle English preien ← Anglo-Norman preier
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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*preḱ-
  8. Proto-Italic*preks
  9. Latinprex
  10. Latinprecārī
  11. Late Latinprecāre
  12. Old Frenchproiier
  13. Anglo-Normanpreier
  14. Middle Englishpreien
  15. Englishpray
  16. English todayoutpray

From out- + pray.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.