Etymology

outturn

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Today it means: An amount produced during a specified period; output or turnout Full definition →

English turn ← Middle English turnen ← Old French torner
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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. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  10. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  11. Latintornus
  12. Latintornō
  13. Proto-West Germanic*turnēn
  14. Old Englishturnian
  15. Latintornō
  16. Old Frenchtorner
  17. Middle Englishturnen
  18. Englishturn
  19. English todayoutturn

From out- + turn.

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