Etymology

outrace

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Today it means: To travel faster than another in a competitive event. Full definition →

English race ← Middle English race ← Old Norse rás
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  8. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  10. Old Englishrǣs
  11. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  12. Old Norserás
  13. Middle Englishrace
  14. Englishrace
  15. English todayoutrace

From out- + race.

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