"Find" 的意思是 "discover, locate, or uncover (something)",所以 "find out" 就是 "discover, locate, or uncover (something)"。
来源:"find out" 这个短语最早被记录在 16th century,在那个时代它已经是一个固定短语,表示 "discover the truth or facts about (something)"。
例句:
I need to find out what happened to the missing money.
(我需要找出丢失的钱去了哪里。)
She's trying to find out if her husband is cheating on her.
(她正在试图找出她的丈夫是否正在背叛她。)
在此基础上,"find" 和 "out" 这两个词结合在一起,形成了固定搭配 "find out"。