English
afterwhile
From after + while.
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-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’
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Proto-Germanic *hwīlō ‘time’
Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu ‘period of rest’
Old English hwīl ‘while’
Middle English whyle
English while
Today it means
adv Afterwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterwhile