Etymology

off-roader

Today it means: A vehicle that is designed to drive off the road. Full definition →

English off-road ← Middle English rode ← Old English rād
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The story

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Germanic*raidō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*raidu
  4. Old Englishrād
  5. Middle Englishrode
  6. Englishroad
  7. Englishoff-road
  8. English todayoff-roader

From off-road + -er.

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