offspring.
A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
Meaning & usage
A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
An animal or plant's progeny or young.
Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
A process launched by another process.
Where this word comes from
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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