aftergrowth

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noun

A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.

OriginEnglish growth ← Middle English after- ← Old English æfter- →
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Meanings

nounaftergrowth (plural aftergrowths)

plural aftergrowths

  1. A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
  2. figurativelyAny abstraction of the above.

    If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.

    1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Old Englishæfter
  9. Old Englishæfter-
  10. Middle Englishafter-
  11. Englishafter-
  12. Englishgrowth
  13. Englishaftergrowth

From after- + growth.

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Translations

Finnish jälkikasvu, jälkikasvu
  • jälkikasvusecond growth, seen in plants
  • jälkikasvusecond growth, figuratively
Irish athfhás
  • athfhássecond growth, seen in plants
Norwegian ettervekst, ettervekst
  • ettervekstsecond growth, seen in plants
  • ettervekstsecond growth, figuratively
Cite this entry
APA

aftergrowth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftergrowth

MLA

“aftergrowth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftergrowth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aftergrowth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftergrowth.

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