Etymology

postclassical

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Today it means: After the classical era (but sometimes before the medieval). Full definition →

English classical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French classique
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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-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  9. Latinclassis
  10. Latinclassicu
  11. Frenchclassique
  12. Englishclassic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishclassical
  16. English todaypostclassical

From post- + classical.

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