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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From after (adverb and preposition), and also continuing Middle English after-, efter-, æfter-, from Old English æfter- (“after, behind, against”). Cognate with Scots efter-, West Frisian efter-, German after-, Dutch achter-, Swedish efter-. More at after.
Prefix[edit]
after-
- (rare or no longer productive) With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect; denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.
- With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position or time.
- With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting something which follows the second element of the compound.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- affter- (obsolete)
Prefix[edit]
after-
- (no longer productive) after-, sub-, second... (expressing that something comes after another thing)
- (no longer productive) pseudo-, spurious... (expressing that something is false or fake)
Derived terms[edit]
- Afterbildung
- Afteranwalt
- Afterbelehnung
- Afterblatt
- Afterblitz
- Afterbürge (Afterbürgschaft)
- Afterdarm
- Afterehre
- Aftererbe
- Afterflügel
- Aftergeburt
- Aftergelehrsamkeit
- Afterglück
- Aftergröße