off-

See also: off, of, off., -off, and Off.

English

Etymology

From Middle English of-, from Old English of-, æf- (“off, away, down, un-”), from Proto-Germanic *aba- (“off, away”), combining form of *ab(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Cognate with Dutch af- (“off, away, down”), German ab- (“off, from, down”), Latin ab- (“from, of”), Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away from, without”). Doublet of apo- and ab-. Equivalent to off. Compare of.

Prefix

off-

Away from; off.
(of a colour) not quite; almost
off-white

Synonyms

(away from): out-, ab-, apo-, de-, away, off

Derived terms

off-limb

Anagrams

FFO

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