Etymograph

English

redout

From red + out, because it may cause a red appearance in the visual field; compare blackout.

A compound of red + out

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

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Proto-Germanic *raudaz

Proto-West Germanic *raud

Old English rēad

Middle English red ‘red’

English red

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

Proto-Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Proto-West Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Old English ūt ‘out’

Middle English out

English out

The story

From red + out, because it may cause a red appearance in the visual field; compare blackout.

Today it means

noun The situation where the body experiences a negative g-force sufficient to cause a blood flow from the lower parts of the body to the head.

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

Etymograph / redout