Etymology

afterdischarge

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Today it means: Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased Full definition →

English discharge ← Middle English after- ← Old English æfter-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Old Englishæfter
  9. Old Englishæfter-
  10. Middle Englishafter-
  11. Englishafter-
  12. Englishdischarge
  13. English todayafterdischarge

From after- + discharge.

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