Etymology

postadamic

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Today it means: After the existence of Adam (the first man, according to the Bible). Full definition →

English Adamic ← Latin adamicus ← Middle English Adam
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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. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Semitic*ʔadam-
  8. Hebrewאָדָם
  9. Ancient GreekἈδάμ (Adám)
  10. LatinĀdām
  11. Old EnglishAdam
  12. Middle EnglishAdam
  13. EnglishAdam
  14. Latinadamicus
  15. EnglishAdamic
  16. English todaypostadamic

From post- + Adamic.

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