Added 8 October 2026
offspring
/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/ noun
In Latin: subolēs Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about offspring at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The immediate descendants of a person.
she was the mother of many offspring
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Something that comes into existence as a result.
industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring
- Any immature animal.
Origin
From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.
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