Etymology

afterwit

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Today it means: Wisdom which comes after the event. Full definition →

English wit ← Middle English wit ← Old English witt
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The story

  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*weyd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wóyde
  14. Proto-Germanic*witaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*witją
  16. Proto-West Germanic*witi
  17. Old Englishwitt
  18. Middle Englishwit
  19. Englishwit
  20. English todayafterwit

From after- + wit.

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