after

Meanings

Adverb

• Behind; later in time; following.

Adjective

• Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
• At or towards the stern of a ship.

Related

Similar words

• post

Origin

• From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epotero-, from *h₂epo.
• Cognate with Scots efter, North Frisian efter, West Frisian after, achter, efter, Low German/Dutch achter, German after-, Swedish/Danish efter, Norwegian etter, Icelandic eftir, aftur.
• The Irish usage to indicate recent completion of an activity is a calque of the Irish collocation Táim tar éis....