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Meaning

Opposite of
on, fresh, near, nigh, leg
Synonyms

away
A1
from
A1
forth
B2
out
A1
free
A1
🆓
bump off
hit
A1
afar
C2
break
A1
dispatch
C1
to
A1
bad
A1
👎
remote
B2
yonder
C2

away from

frank
A2
turned
A2
of
A1
slay
C2
polish off
remove
B1
down
A1

do the frank

depart
C1
gone
A1

do the off

at
A1
with
A1
murder
A2
down with
apart
B1
closed
B1
take out
spoilt
C2
after
A1
take off
veer
C2
since
A1
shut
A1
disconnection
out of
something
A1
kill
A1
🔪🩸👤
interrupt
B2
interruption
C2
open
A1
far
A1
aside
B1
cancelled
C1
sour
C1
Translations

aus
weg
apagado
weg
loin
entfernt
ab
uit
de
lontano

από

giù da

von
fort
da
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɒf/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
of
Inherited from Old English
of
Cognate with Scots
of
Cognate with Western Frisian
af
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
af
Cognate with German
German
ab
Cognate with Danish
af
Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål
-
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk
-
Cognate with Swedish
av
Cognate with Icelandic
af
Cognate with Gothic
𐌰𐍆
Cognate with Latin
Latin
ab
Cognate with Ancient Greek
ἀπό
In summary

From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.

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