outrage

The story

1. Old French · derived fromoultragier
2. Middle English · inherited fromoutragen
3. Latin · derived fromultrā“beyond”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*ultrāticum
5. Old French · derived fromoutrage
6. Middle English · inherited fromoutrage
7. English todayoutrage

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these are etymologically related. The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.

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