Where does “aftercastle” come from?

aftercastle (English) comes from English Castle, from Middle English castel, from Old English castel, from Breton kastell, from Italian castello, from Latin castellum, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Italic kastrom — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

aftercastle (English): Alternative form of aftcastle

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of aftcastle

Ancestry of “aftercastle”, step by step

aftercastle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Castle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCastlereferring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle
2Middle Englishcastelcastle
3Old Englishcasteltown; village; castle
4Bretonkastellcastle
5Italiancastellocastle
6Latincastellumcastle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a...
7Latincastrumcastle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a...
8Proto-Italickastromknife
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

via English after

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-