Where does “jumpoff” come from?

jumpoff (English) comes from English off, from Middle English of, from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

jumpoff (English): A sexual partner who is more than a one-night...

Definitions

  1. A sexual partner who is more than a one-night...

Ancestry of “jumpoff”, step by step

jumpoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English off

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoffIn a direction away from the speaker or object;...
2Middle Englishofof; off; until
3Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
4Old Englishæfof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via English jump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjumpTo propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or...
2Arabicجَنْب—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →