offshoot的词源

英文词源

offshoot (n.)

1670s, in figurative sense, of family trees; 1801 in general sense of "a derivative;" 1814 in literal sense, in reference to plants. From off + shoot (n.).

中文词源

offshoot：树枝分支，分支机构

off,离开，shoot,枝，嫩枝。比喻用法。

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