off-

Betekenis (Engels)

Away from; off.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: of-

Geërf van Old English: of-

Verwante met Nederlands: af-

Verwante met Duits: ab-

Verwante met Latyn: ab-

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἀπο-

In summary

From Middle English of-, from Old English of-, æf- (“off, away, down, un-”), from Proto-Germanic *aba- (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“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-.