Etymology

outwear

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Today it means: To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  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*wes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  11. Old Englishwerian
  12. Middle Englishweren
  13. Englishwear
  14. English todayoutwear

From out- + wear.

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