Etymograph

English

flunkout

From flunk + out.

A compound of flunk + out

Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards, away’

Proto-Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Proto-West Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Old English ūt ‘out’

Middle English out

English out

Today it means

noun Someone who has given up an educational course.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flunkout