Etymology

offshore

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Today it means: Moving away from the shore. Full definition →

English shore ← Middle English schore ← Old English *sċora
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The story

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Germanic*skurô
  3. Proto-West Germanic[Term?]
  4. Old English*sċora
  5. Middle Englishschore
  6. Englishshore
  7. English todayoffshore

From off- + shore.

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