ENGLISH ROOT WORD: off, of "away", "from" from Old English of, af, æf

【off, of】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "of," "af," and "æf." It carries the basic meaning of "away," "from," and "apart."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "off, of"]

o'clock **[765] used to specify the hour when telling the time
of ****[4] You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about.
off ****[128] If you go off, you leave a place.
offspring **[3534] You can refer to a person''s children or to an animal''s young as their offspring.

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[WORD ROOT]root off
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] off, o', of-
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) of, af, æf
[MEANING]root away, from, apart

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 of [unstressed form of æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab] off, away, away from

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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o'clock ★★[765] adverb from clock
【DEFINITION】 ① used to specify the hour when telling the time
② used following a numeral to indicate direction or bearing with reference to an imaginary clock face,
【ROOTs】 ⑴ o'(off); ⑵ clock; clock, bell
【Etymology】 《Middle English of the clokke》 of the clock

of ★★★★[4] preposition from of
【DEFINITION】 You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about.
【ROOTs】 of(off);
【Etymology】 《Old English of》 [unstressed form of æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab] off, away, away from

off ★★★★[128] adverb from off 〈 of
【DEFINITION】 If you go off, you leave a place.
【SYNONYM】 offstage
【ROOTs】 off; away, from, apart
【Etymology】 《Old English of》 [unstressed form of æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab] off, away, away from
【First Known Meaning】 away from

offspring ★★[3534] noun from offspring 〈 spring
【DEFINITION】 You can refer to a person's children or to an animal's young as their offspring.
【pl.】 offerings
【ROOTs】 ⑴ off; away, from, apart ⑵ spring; spring
【Etymology】 《Old English off springan》
【First Known Meaning】 children or young collectively, descendants; those who spring off (someone); that which is produced by something

Other words containing "off, of"; layoff, offload, offset, offside, offstage, out-of-control, tradeoff, trade-off

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

odi
ode
odd
od-, hod-
nutri-, nutr-
nov-
nunci-, nounc-
note-, not-
norm
nore

 

 

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