Etymology

postdate

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Today it means: To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time. Full definition →

English date ← Middle English date ← Old French date
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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*deh₃-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  9. Proto-Italic*didō
  10. Latindō
  11. Late Latindatus
  12. Late Latindata
  13. Old Frenchdate
  14. Middle Englishdate
  15. Englishdate
  16. English todaypostdate

From post- + date.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.