Etymology

postholiday

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Today it means: Occurring after, or as a consequence of, a holiday; often specifically after the holiday season of late December Full definition →

English holiday ← Middle English halyday ← Old English hāliġdæġ
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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*kéh₂ilos
  8. Proto-Germanic*hailaz
  9. Proto-Germanic*hailagaz
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  11. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  12. Proto-Germanic*hailagadagaz
  13. Old Englishhāliġdæġ
  14. Middle Englishhalyday
  15. Englishholiday
  16. English todaypostholiday

From post- + holiday.

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