English Explanatory Dictionary

offsplit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To split off; secede.
noun
  1. A splitting off or breaking away from; a secession; divergence.

Word forms

offsplit offsplits offsplitting off-split

Etymology

From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten (“to split off”), German Low German ofsplieten, ofsplitten (“to split off”), German abspalten (“to split off, secede”).

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