posterity

English

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-).

Displaced Old English words such as æftercneoreso, frumcynn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒstɛɹɪti/ SAMPA: /"pQstErIti:/

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• Rhymes: -ɪti

Noun

posterity (uncountable)

1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Related terms

• See post-

Translations

all the future generations

Czech: potomstvo (cs) n. Dutch: alle toekomstige generaties Finnish: jälkipolvet pl., jälkimaailma sg.; jälkeläiset pl. French: postérité (fr) f. German: Nachkommen (de) pl., Nachwelt (de) f.

Italian: posteri (it) m. pl. Polish: potomstwo (pl) n. Romanian: posteritate (ro) f. Russian: потомство (ru) n. Serbian: potomstvo (sr) n.