ˈȯfˌspriŋ also ˈäf- noun
( plural offspring also offsprings )
Etymology: Middle English ofspring, from Old English, from of off + springan to spring — more at of , spring
1. : something that springs from an animal or plant reproducing its kind : young , progeny , child , issue
a mother of numerous offspring
2. : something that comes into being as a result : product
atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics — I.I.Rabi
3. obsolete
a. : generation
b. : ancestral stock : race
c. : lineage , descent
d. : source , origin