Etymology

posterity

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Today it means: All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. Full definition →

Middle French posterité ← Latin posteritas
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  1. Latin · derived fromposteritas
  2. Middle French · derived fromposterité
  3. English todayposterity

Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-).

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