Etymology

outtake

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Today it means: A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake. Full definition →

Middle English outtaken
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outtake · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromouttaken“to take out”
  2. English todayouttake

From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.

outtake · preposition2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromouttake
  2. English todayouttake

From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).

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