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 *af- (“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”).

Prefix

off-

1. Away from; off.

Derived terms

• off-Broadway
• off-limb
• offshore
• offsite
• off-road
• off-piste
• off-track
• off-topic
• off-white

English terms prefixed with off-

Anagrams

• FFO