Where does “Aftergelehrter” come from?
Aftergelehrter (German) comes from German Gelehrter, from German gelehrt — learned, scholarly; past participle of lehren.
Aftergelehrter (German): pseudoscientist
Ancestry of “Aftergelehrter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Gelehrter | scholar, savant, pundit, man of letters,... |
| 2 | German | gelehrt | learned, scholarly; past participle of lehren |