English
out-of-office
An email auto-reply informing people that the person they are trying to contact is not working and unavailable for an extended period of time.
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Origin
From out of office.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lineage
- derivedEnglishout “Away from the inside or centre.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishoute
- inheritedOld Englishūt “out, outer”
- inheritedOld Englishūte
- inheritedMiddle Englishoute