Where does “anteroposteriorly” come from?
anteroposteriorly (English) comes from English anteroposterior, from English posterior, from Latin posterior, from Latin posterus, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
anteroposteriorly (English): Along the anteroposterior axis
Definitions
- Along the anteroposterior axis
Ancestry of “anteroposteriorly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | anteroposterior | Anterior to posterior; front-to-back; Of or... |
| 2 | English | posterior | Located behind, or towards the rear of an object;... |
| 3 | Latin | posterior | coming after, later; next, following; further to... |
| 4 | Latin | posterus | following, next, coming after; inferior |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |