Etymology

outshoot

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Today it means: To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer Full definition →

English shoot ← Middle English schoten ← Old English sċēotan
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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*(s)kewd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kéwdeti?
  9. Proto-Germanic*skuttōnąbf.?
  10. Proto-Germanic*skeutaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*skeutan
  12. Old Englishsċēotan
  13. Middle Englishschoten
  14. Englishshoot
  15. English todayoutshoot

From out- + shoot.

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