Where does “offcoming” come from?

offcoming (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.

offcoming (English): coming or casting off; retiring, shedding,...

Definitions

  1. coming or casting off; retiring, shedding,...

Ancestry of “offcoming”, step by step

offcoming 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 coming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcomingpresent participle of come; The act of arriving;...
2Middle Englishcoming—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old English æf →