Etymology

outspeed

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Today it means: To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip. Full definition →

Middle English outspeden
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromoutspeden“to hurry out; hasten away; succeed”
  2. English todayoutspeed

From Middle English outspeden (“to hurry out; hasten away; succeed”), equivalent to out- + speed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.