Where does “aftermath” come from?
Aftermath derives from English after and English math, ultimately from Latin mathematica and Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, formed from Ancient Greek -ικός, Proto-Indo-European apotero, Proto-Indo-European apo-, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
aftermath (English): A second mowing; the grass which grows after the...
Definitions
- A second mowing; the grass which grows after the...
Ancestry of “aftermath”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | math | A mowing; what is gathered from mowing; Clipping... |
| 2 | English | mathematics | An abstract representational system used in the... |
| 3 | English | mathematic | mathematical |
| 4 | Old French | mathematique | — |
| 5 | Latin | mathēmatica | — |
| 6 | Latin | mathēmaticus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |