English
post-House
after one's time in the House, typically the House of Representatives
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Origin
From post- + House.
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- prefixEnglishpost- “after; later.”
- derivedLatinpost “afterwards”
- inheritedOld Latinposte
- derivedProto-Indo-European*per- “produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”
- derivedLatinpost “afterwards”
- partEnglishHouse “More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", espe…”
- derivedOld Englishhyse “place overgrown with water plants”