English
afterwardness
From afterward + -ness.
Formed from afterward + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
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Proto-Germanic *after ‘after, behind’
Old English æfter ‘after’
Old English æfterweard
Middle English afterward ‘Afterwards, later, then’
English afterward
Today it means
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Etymograph / afterwardness