English
afterling
Afterling comes from Middle English afterling.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterling
- Englishearliest quotation 1877same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterling
- Englishearliest quotation 1877same form
Earliest quotation: 1877, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman: “Lange terms him "an afterling of the speculative Romanticism,"…”
Every English word from Middle English afterling
Today it means
noun One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English afterling / afterling