Where does “offset” come from?
I notice the etymology chain provided contains only English forms repeating "set" and "sett" with no earlier languages or original meanings indicated. Without information about the actual language progression or the earliest attested form and meaning, I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence following your rules. Could you provide the complete chain with the earlier languages (such as Old English, Proto-Germanic, etc.) and their original meanings? This would allow me to write a proper one-sentence etymology.
offset (English): Anything that acts as counterbalance; a...
Definitions
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a...
Ancestry of “offset”, step by step
offset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seṭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seṭ | of a root, having a final "i" sound in certain... |
| 2 | English | sept | A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a... |
| 3 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 4 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 5 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 6 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 7 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |