Where does “posterior” come from?
posterior (Latin) comes from Latin posterus, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
posterior (Latin): coming after, later; next, following; further to...
Definitions
- coming after, later; next, following; further to...
Ancestry of “posterior”, step by step
Words derived from “posterior”
- posterior
- posteriorly
- anteroposterior
- posteriority
- anteroposteriorly
- ventroposterior
- posteriormost
- midposterior
- posteriorization
- lateroposterior
- mentoposterior
- apicoposterior
- dorsoposterior
- medioposterior
- centroposterior
- dorsoposteriorly
- frontoposterior
- posteriore
- postérieur
- posterior
- posterior
- posterior
- posterior
- posteriormente