Etymology

off-track

Today it means: Away from an intended route; wayward. Full definition →

English track ← Middle English trak /tracke ← Old French trac
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The story

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Old Frenchtrac
  3. Middle Englishtrak /tracke
  4. Englishtrack
  5. English todayoff-track

From off- + track.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.