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Where does “サインオフ” come from?

サインオフ (Japanese) comes from English sign-off, 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.

サインオフ (Japanese): a signoff; to sign off

Definitions

  1. a signoff; to sign off

Ancestry of “サインオフ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsign-offAlternative spelling of signoff
2EnglishsignoffThe act or process of signing off; The process of...
3EnglishoffIn a direction away from the speaker or object;...
4Middle Englishofof; off; until
5Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
6Old Englishæfof
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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