English
afterbeat
From after- + beat.
Proto-Germanic *bautaną ‘to push’
Proto-West Germanic *bautan ‘to beat’
Old English bēatan ‘to beat’
Middle English beten ‘to hit or whip’
English beat
Today it means
noun A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterbeat