## Examples
- They are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
- The female bird feeds her offspring several times a day.
- This new festival is the offspring of a small local fair.

## Antonyms
- ancestors
- father
- forbear
- forebear
- forefather
- genitor
- mother
- parent
- progenitor

## Derived Forms
- grandoffspring
- offspringless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofspring

## Etymology
From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

## AI Etymology
Offspring is from Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring. Important historical forms include Middle English ofspring, and Old English ofspring. In present-day use, it can mean a person's child or children, or the young of an animal or plant. Derived formations include grandoffspring, offspringless.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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