Where does “sign-off” come from?

sign-off (English) comes from English signoff, from English off, from Middle English of, from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

sign-off (English): Alternative spelling of signoff

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of signoff

Ancestry of “sign-off”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsignoffThe act or process of signing off; The process of...
2EnglishoffIn a direction away from the speaker or object;...
3Middle Englishofof; off; until
4Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
5Old Englishæfof
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “sign-off”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old English æf →