Where does “offshoring” come from?
Offshoring derives from English offshore, formed from English shore and English score via Old English of-, ultimately from Proto-Germanic ab and Proto-Indo-European apo- meaning "away from," combined with Proto-Germanic skurō.
offshoring (English): present participle of offshore; The location of a...
Definitions
- present participle of offshore; The location of a...
Ancestry of “offshoring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | offshore | Moving away from the shore; Located in the sea... |
| 2 | English | shore | Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such... |
| 3 | Middle English | shore | a prop; support |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | schore | shore; crack, rip, tear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuriz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skeraną | to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |