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Where does “postdate” come from?

postdate (French) comes from French postdater, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

postdate (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “postdate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpostdaterto postdate
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “postdate”

  • postdate
  • postdater
Every word from Old French -ier →