Where does “後” come from?

後 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 跡, from Japanese 足, from Old Japanese 足.

後 (Japanese): the back, the rear, behind; later, afterwards,...

Definitions

  1. the back, the rear, behind; later, afterwards,...

Ancestry of “後”, step by step

後 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 跡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese跡a track or trace; evidence of something moving,...
2Japanese足foot; 脚 leg
3Old Japanese足—

via Middle Chinese 後

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese後—

via Old Japanese ゆり

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseゆり—

Words derived from “後”

Every word from Old Japanese 足 →Every word from Japanese 足 →Every word from Japanese 跡 →