Etymology

uitlander

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Today it means: A foreigner; outlander. Full definition →

Afrikaans uitlander ← Dutch uitlander
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromuitlander“foreigner”
  2. Afrikaans · derived fromuitlander“foreigner”
  3. English todayuitlander

Attested since 1890. From Afrikaans uitlander (“foreigner”), from Dutch uitlander (“foreigner”). Cognate and confluenced with outlander.

Words from the same roots

Afrikaansuitlander all →

outlander

Dutchuitlander all →

outlander

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.