Dictionary

offshoot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɒf.ʃuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English offshoot From off- + shoot.

Meanings

1. Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
   • the offshoots of a tree
2. Something which develops from something else.
   • The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened. 1945 September and October, “Notes and News: The "Berks & Hants" Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:
   • an offshoot of a criminal organization

Forms

Synonyms

spin-off · child

Translations (36)

fr rejeton (that which shoots off from a main stem) · uk відгалуження (that which develops from something else) · cmn 衍生物 (that which develops from something else) · es derivado (that which develops from something else) · gl trepeza (that which shoots off from a main stem) · cmn 分支 (that which develops from something else) · pl odnoga (that which develops from something else) · cmn 旁系 (that which develops from something else) · pl odgałęzienie (that which develops from something else) · pl odnoga (that which shoots off from a main stem) · ca rebroll (that which shoots off from a main stem) · es rama (that which develops from something else) · es filial (that which develops from something else) · cmn 分枝 (that which shoots off from a main stem) · nl uitloper (that which develops from something else) · de Ableger (that which develops from something else) · fi sivuverso (that which shoots off from a main stem) · fr dérivé (that which develops from something else) · ca relluc (that which shoots off from a main stem) · sv avknoppning (that which develops from something else) · nl zijtak (that which shoots off from a main stem) · fi rönsy (that which develops from something else) · bg филиз (that which shoots off from a main stem) · es vástago (that which shoots off from a main stem) · pl odgałęzienie (that which shoots off from a main stem) · de Ableger (that which shoots off from a main stem) · ca rebrot (that which shoots off from a main stem) · bg издънка (that which shoots off from a main stem) · sv avknoppning (that which shoots off from a main stem) · cmn 支流 (that which develops from something else) · fi haara (that which develops from something else) · grc παραφυάς (that which shoots off from a main stem) · sv skott (that which shoots off from a main stem) · bg разклонение (that which develops from something else) · es ramificación (that which develops from something else) · es ramal (that which develops from something else)