Hyphenation
of·falPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'o-f&l, 'ä- ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English offal (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), possibly from Old Norse affall (“offal”), or from Middle English of- + fal(l), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Danish affald (“offal”), Swedish avfall (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”). More at off, fall.