English
afterbath
From after + bath.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
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Proto-Germanic *after ‘after, behind’
Proto-West Germanic *aftar
Old English æfter ‘after’
Middle English after
English after
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- ‘to warm’
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath ‘a medicinal or curative bath’
English bath
Today it means
noun A dyebath that has already been used to dye something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterbath