Etymology Dictionary

OUT,  without, abroad, completely.  (E.)   M.E. oute, older form ute, adv., out.   'That hii ne solde oute wende' = that they should not go out; Rob. of Glouc. p. 170, l. 16.—A.S. úte, útan, adv., out, without; Grein, i. 634.   Formed with adv. suffix -e (or -an) from A.S. út, adv.   'Fleógan of húse út' = to fly out of the house;' 'út of earce' = out of the ark; Grein, ii. 633.   (This shews the origin of the phrase out of = out from.) + Du. uit. + Icel. út. + Dan. ud. + Swed. ut. + G. aus, O.H.G. úz. + Goth. ut; whence uta, adv. (= A.S. úte); utana, adv. and prep. (= A.S. útan). + Skt. ud, up, out.   It appears also in Gk. ὕστερος = ὕδ-τερος, corresponding to E. utter, outer.   All from an Aryan type UD, up, out.   Der. with-out, there-out, out-er, ut-ter, out-m-ost, ut-m-ost (double superlatives); see Utter, Utmost, Uttermost.   Also as a prefix in numerous compounds, for which see.  (But not in outrage.)