English

lookoff

From look + off.

A compound of look + off

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn ‘to look’

Old English lōcian ‘to look’

Middle English loken ‘to look’

English look

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

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Proto-West Germanic *ab

Old English æf ‘of’

Old English of ‘from’

Middle English of

English off

Today it means

noun A vantage point, usually a scenic one

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.