Etymology

postbase

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Today it means: A morpheme used as a suffix following either a base or another postbase. Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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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. Late Latinbassus
  8. Old Frenchbas
  9. Middle Englishbas
  10. Englishbase
  11. English todaypostbase

From post- + base.

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