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Where does “postmillennial” come from?

postmillennial (English) comes from English millennial, from Late Latin millennium, from Latin -ennium, from Latin -ennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

postmillennial (English): Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming...

Ancestry of “postmillennial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmillennialReferring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event...
2Late Latinmillenniummillennium
3Latin-enniumforming periods of years
4Latin-ennis—
5Latinannusyear; time; season
6Proto-Italicatnosyear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “postmillennial”

  • postmillennialism
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