The story
From aft + cast, modelled on forecast. See fore and aft.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A kind of analysis which takes an event which has already happened, or is assumed to happen, and studies the causes which could have led up to that event. Full definition →
From aft + cast, modelled on forecast. See fore and aft.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.