Etymology

outsize

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Today it means: An unusually large garment size. Full definition →

First used the later 19th c.English size ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt-
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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. Englishsize
  8. English todayoutsize

From out- + size.

First known use, by meaning

  • from the later 19th c. Of an unusually large size .

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