Etymograph

English

aftcast

From aft + cast, modelled on forecast.

A compound of aft + cast

Old English æftan ‘behind’

English aft

Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’

Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’

Old Norse kasta ‘to throw’

Middle English casten

English cast

Today it means

noun A kind of analysis which takes an event which has already happened, or is assumed to happen, and studies the causes which could have led up to that event.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aftcast