Where does “off-Broadway” come from?

off-Broadway (English) comes from English off-, from Middle English of-, from Old English of-, from Proto-Germanic aba-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

off-Broadway (English): In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost

Definitions

  1. In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost

Ancestry of “off-Broadway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishoff-Away from; off
2Middle Englishof-away from; off
3Old Englishof-off, away, from, out of, away from; down;...
4Proto-Germanicaba-away, away from
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

Words derived from “off-Broadway”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from English off- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aba- →