English
a tergo
A tergo comes from Latin a tergo ‘behind, from behind’, and goes back to tergum ‘back’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtergum‘back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEa tergo‘behind, from behind’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtergum‘back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEa tergo‘behind, from behind’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- ‘to be stiff’
Today it means
adv from behind
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tergum / a tergo