offspring
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- A process launched by another process.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.
Related words
male child
second growth
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