hand-out (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[hand-out 词源字典]
also handout, hand out, 1882, "alms or food given to a beggar," hobo slang, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927.[hand-out etymology, hand-out origin, 英语词源]