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outen.

Out; out of; out from.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

prep/ˈaʊtən/
  1. Out; out of; out from.

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”). Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (“out, forth”), German außen (“outside, out”), Swedish utan (“without, free from”). More at out.

adj/ˈaʊtən/
  1. Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.

    dialectal
    an outen man
Where this word comes from

From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”). Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (“out, forth”), German außen (“outside, out”), Swedish utan (“without, free from”). More at out.

verb/ˈaʊtən/
  1. To put out; extinguish.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out English -en English outen From out + -en.

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