Etymology

hindthought

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Today it means: Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred. Full definition →

English thought ← Middle English thought ← Old English þōht
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*hinder
  2. Old Englishhindan
  3. Middle Englishhinde
  4. Englishhind
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teng-
  6. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*þanhtaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
  9. Old Englishþōht
  10. Middle Englishthought
  11. Englishthought
  12. English todayhindthought

From hind + thought.

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