Etymology

whereafter

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Today it means: After which time or event. Full definition →

English after ← Middle English after ← Old English æfter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Germanic*hwaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*hwar
  5. Proto-West Germanic*hwār
  6. Old Englishhwǣr
  7. Middle Englishwher
  8. Englishwhere
  9. Englishwhere-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  13. Proto-Germanic*after
  14. Old Englishæfter
  15. Middle Englishafter
  16. Englishafter
  17. English todaywhereafter

From where- + after.

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