Etymology

postindustrial

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Today it means: Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important. Full definition →

English industrial ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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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. Englishindustrial
  8. English todaypostindustrial

From post- + industrial.

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