Etymograph

English

aftersee

From after- + see.

Formed from after- + see

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *sehwaną ‘to see’

Proto-West Germanic *sehwan ‘to see’

Old English sēon ‘to see’

Middle English seen ‘to observe’

English see

Today it means

verb To see or witness after the fact or event; see in hindsight or retrospectively.

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

Etymograph / aftersee