Etymology

afterborn

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Today it means: Born after the father's death; posthumous. Full definition →

Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren ← Old English æfterboren
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromæfterboren“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren
  3. English todayafterborn

From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.

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