Etymology

postnoun

P3O1S1T1N1O1U1N1

Today it means: Following a noun. Full definition →

English noun ← Middle English noun ← Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  8. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  9. Latinnōmen
  10. Anglo-Normannoun, non, nom
  11. Middle Englishnoun
  12. Englishnoun
  13. English todaypostnoun

From post- + noun.

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