Etymology

outweigh

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Today it means: To exceed in weight or mass. Full definition →

English weigh ← Middle English weyen ← Old English wegan
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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*weǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*weganą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wegan
  11. Old Englishwegan
  12. Middle Englishweyen
  13. Englishweigh
  14. English todayoutweigh

From out- + weigh.

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