Etymology

aftereffect

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Today it means: Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested. Full definition →

English effect ← Middle English effect ← Old French effect
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  14. Proto-Italic*eks
  15. Latinex
  16. Latinex-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  20. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  21. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  22. Latinfaciō
  23. Latinefficiō
  24. Latineffectu
  25. Old Frencheffect
  26. Middle Englisheffect
  27. Englisheffect
  28. English todayaftereffect

From after- + effect.

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