英语词汇posterity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	posterity
词源	posterity n. "a person's offspring, descendants collectively," late 14c., posterite, from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso, framcynn. Entries linking to posterity post- word-forming element meaning "after," from Latin post "behind, after, afterward," from pos-ti (source also of Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" Old Church Slavonic po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lithuanian pas "at, by"), from PIE apo- (source also of Greek apo "from," Latin ab "away from" see apo-). updated on September 17, 2020
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posterity n.