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- Middle English · inherited from*outseken
- English todayoutseek
From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).
Words from the same roots
Middle English*outseken all →
seek out
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.