Etymology

afterling

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Today it means: One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late. Full definition →

Middle English afterling
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromafterling
  2. English todayafterling

From Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.

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