English
afterclap
Afterclap comes from Middle English afterclap.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterclap
- Englishearliest quotation 1587same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterclap
- Englishearliest quotation 1587same form
Earliest quotation: 1587, Raphael Holinshed et al., Henrie the Second: “[…] as cookes among all their sawces doo mind…”
Proto-Germanic *klappōną ‘to clap’
Proto-West Germanic *klappijan ‘to clap, strike or pound’
Old English clæppan ‘to throb’
Middle English clappen ‘to clap’
English clap
Every English word from Middle English afterclap
Another origin of afterclap
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂epreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂epó‘away, off, from’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*after‘after, behind’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*aftar‘after, behind’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150after
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500achter‘behind’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form‘behind’
- Afrikaansmodernagter‘rear, after’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernagterklap
- Englishtodayafterclap
Today it means
noun An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English afterclap / afterclap