Etymology

post-

Today it means: after; later. Full definition →

Latin post ← Old Latin poste ← Proto-Italic *posti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. English todaypost-

From Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”)

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.