Etymograph

English

jumpout

From jump + out.

A compound of jump + out

Middle English jumpen ‘to walk quickly’

English jump

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 A separation from a groove, track, etc., that otherwise constrains motion.

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

Etymograph / jumpout