Where does “aftah” come from?

aftah (English) comes from English after, from Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar, from Proto-Germanic after, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.

aftah (English): Pronunciation spelling of after

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of after

Ancestry of “aftah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishafterBehind; later in time; following; Subsequently...
2Middle Englishafterafter
3Old Englishæfterafter; according to
4Proto-West Germanic*aftarafter, behind
5Proto-Germanicafterafter, behind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epoterosfurther behind, further away
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