Etymology

postgame

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Today it means: Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match. Full definition →

English game ← Middle English game ← Old English gamen
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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-Germanic*gamaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  9. Old Englishgamen
  10. Middle Englishgame
  11. Englishgame
  12. English todaypostgame

From post- + game.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.