Etymology

afterguard

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Today it means: The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails. Full definition →

English guard ← Middle English garde ← Old French guarde
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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*wer-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
  14. Proto-Germanic*warduz
  15. Proto-Germanic*wardō
  16. Proto-Germanic*wardāną
  17. Frankish*wardēn
  18. Early Medieval Latinwardō
  19. Old Frenchguarder
  20. Old Frenchguarde
  21. Middle Englishgarde
  22. Englishguard
  23. English todayafterguard

From after- + guard.

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