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Where does “offsplit” come from?

offsplit (English) comes from English Split, from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek Ἀσπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος — name of several types of thornbush.

offsplit (English): To split off; secede; A splitting off or breaking...

Definitions

  1. To split off; secede; A splitting off or breaking...

Ancestry of “offsplit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSplit—
2Serbo-CroatianSplȉt—
3ItalianSpalato—
4LatinSpalatum—
5Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος—
6Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθος—
7Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
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