Where does “of” come from?

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

of (Old English): of, from, off, out of

Definitions

  1. of, from, off, out of

Ancestry of “of”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæfof
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “of”

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