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Where does “offstage” come from?

Offstage comes from English off and stage, with off deriving from Middle English of, Old French estage meaning "floor or level," and Old French -age, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo meaning "away from."

offstage (English): Of, or relating to that part of a stage not...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to that part of a stage not...

Ancestry of “offstage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstageA phase; A platform; a surface, generally...
2Frenchstageinternship, job that a trainee is doing in a...
3Old Frenchestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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