English

after-

With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect, denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.

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    Origin

    From after (adverb and preposition), and also continuing Middle English after-, efter-, æfter-, from Old English æfter- (“after, behind, against”). Cognate with Scots efter-, West Frisian efter-, Dutch achter-, German after-, Swedish efter-. More at after.

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    • derivedEnglishafter “Behind; later in time; following.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishafter
        • inheritedOld Englishæfter
    • inheritedMiddle Englishafter-
      • inheritedOld Englishæfter-

    Related: Scots efter-, West Frisian efter-, Dutch achter-, German after-, Swedish efter-

    Words built on it: after-party

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