Etymology

outvote

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Today it means: To cast more votes than another Full definition →

English vote ← 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. Englishvote
  8. English todayoutvote

From out- + vote.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.