outsider.
outsider (someone excluded)
Meaning & usage
outsider (someone excluded)
outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
company refusing to join a monopoly consisting of the majority of enterprises in a given industry
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 Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English outsiderubor. Polish outsider Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.
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