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Where does “après” come from?

Après comes from French après, from Old French aprés, from Latin adpressum, the past participle of ad- and -pressus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to" and "to eat."

après (English): After; Abbreviation of après-ski

Definitions

  1. After; Abbreviation of après-ski

Ancestry of “après”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaprèsafter; afterwards; in the middle of, in the...
2Frenchdemaintomorrow
3Old Frenchdemaintomorrow
4Latinde māne—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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