Where does “posthumement” come from?
posthumement (French) comes from French posthume, from Latin posthumus, from Latin postumus, from Latin posterus, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
posthumement (French): posthumously
Ancestry of “posthumement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | posthume | posthumous |
| 2 | Latin | posthumus | — |
| 3 | Latin | postumus | last, especially of children born following death... |
| 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 |