English
afterburst
From after- + burst.
Proto-Germanic *brestaną ‘to burst, break, sunder, split, crack’
Proto-West Germanic *brestan ‘to burst, break, sunder, split, crack’
Old English berstan ‘to break, shatter, burst’
Middle English bresten ‘to break, smash’
English burst
Today it means
noun A secondary burst that follows a primary one
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterburst