Etymology

postcoital

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Today it means: Occurring after, or as a consequence of, sex. Full definition →

English coital ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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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. Englishcoital
  8. English todaypostcoital

From post- + coital.

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