Etymograph

English

aftername

From after- + name.

Formed from after- + name

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’

Proto-Germanic *namô ‘name’

Proto-West Germanic *namō ‘name’

Old English nama ‘name’

Middle English name

English name

Today it means

noun A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name

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

Etymograph / aftername