offset的词源

英文词源

offset (n.)

1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something 'set off' against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906.

中文词源

offset：分支，补偿；偏离量，偏离距离

词根词缀： off离开 + set安置

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：offset 词源，offset 含义。

offset：抵消，补偿

off,离开，set,建立，开始。其原义为出发，后用于指抵消，补偿。