英语词汇afterward的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	afterward
词源	afterward. The Saxons called the stern of a boat the aft and their word ward meant “in the direction of.” Thus aftward meant “toward the rear of a ship,” or “behind.” Over the years, the word aftward changed in spelling to afterward and came to mean “behind in time,” “later on,” or “later.”
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