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Where does “aftergrowth” come from?

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

aftergrowth (English): A second growth, seen in plants like crops or...

Definitions

  1. A second growth, seen in plants like crops or...

Ancestry of “aftergrowth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishafter-With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect;...
2Old Englishæfter-after, behind; afterward; for, for the sake or...
3Old Englishæfterafter; according to
4Proto-West Germanic*aftar—
5Proto-Germanicafterafter, behind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epoterosfurther behind, further away
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