Etymology

postmillennial

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Today it means: Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place after the millennium. Full definition →

First used 19th c.English millennial ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishmillennial
  8. English todaypostmillennial

From post- + millennial.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place after the millennium.
  • from 20th c. Pertaining to the period following the year 1000 or (now more usually) following the year 2000.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.