Etymology

off-white

Today it means: Any pale colour that is almost white. Full definition →

English white ← Middle English whit ← Old English hwīt
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The story

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱweyt-
  3. Proto-Germanic*hwītaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hwīt
  5. Old Englishhwīt
  6. Middle Englishwhit
  7. Englishwhite
  8. English todayoff-white

From off- + white.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.