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Where does “ofost” come from?

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

ofost (Old English): speed, haste

Definitions

  1. speed, haste

Ancestry of “ofost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
2Old Englishæfof
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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