Where does “aftbody” come from?

aftbody (English) comes from English aft, from English afternoon, from Middle English afternone, from Middle English none, from Old English nōn, from Latin nōna, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos — new; to nod, assent to.

aftbody (English): The stern part of an aircraft or spacecraft body

Definitions

  1. The stern part of an aircraft or spacecraft body

Ancestry of “aftbody”, step by step

aftbody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English aft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaftThe stern portion of a vessel; At, near, or...
2EnglishafternoonThe part of the day from noon or lunchtime until...
3Middle Englishafternoneafternoon
4Middle EnglishnoneAlternative form of nonne; Alternative form of...
5Old Englishnōnnoon; the ninth hour; the ninth hour
6Latinnōnanones canonical hour
7Latinnōnusninth
8Latinnovenosaccusative masculine plural of novēnus
9Latinnovemnine; 9; first-person singular present active...
10LatinnovoI make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;...
11Proto-Italicnowāō
12Proto-Indo-Europeannéweh₂tito renew
13Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
14Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European new-
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