Etymology

postpharaonic

post·pha·ra·on·ic
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Today it means: After the era of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Full definition →

English pharaonic ← 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. Englishpharaonic
  8. English todaypostpharaonic

From post- (prefix meaning ‘after; later’) + pharaonic (“of or relating to a pharaoh”).

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