- outcome (n.)
[outcome 词源字典]
- 1788, "that which results from something," originally Scottish, from out + come (v.). Popularized in English by Carlyle (c. 1830s). Used in Middle English in sense of "act or fact of coming out" (c. 1200). Old English had utancumen (n.) "stranger, foreigner."[outcome etymology, outcome origin, 英语词源]