English

afterhand

From after + hand.

A compound of after + hand

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-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

adj Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.

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

Etymograph / afterhand