English

of

/ɒv/
From (a place); off.

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    Origin

    From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishof
      • inheritedOld Englishof
        • derivedOld Englishæf
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*ab
            • inheritedProto-Germanic*ab “away; away from”
              • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂epó “away”
                • derivedProto-Indo-European*h₂ep
                • derivedProto-Indo-European*werw- “to draw; to mark out”
                • derivedProto-Indo-European*-o
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*apó
              • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂epo “further behind, further away”

    Related: English off (doublet)

    Words built on it: a, from off of, do a lot of work, instead of, Son of Man, unless, Son of God

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