Etymology

postcourse

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Today it means: Following a course, such as of training or medical treatment Full definition →

English course ← Middle English cours ← Old French cours
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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. Latincursus
  8. Old Frenchcours
  9. Middle Englishcours
  10. Englishcourse
  11. English todaypostcourse

From post- + course.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.