English
afterwise
From after- + wise.
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós
Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ‘knowledgeable’
Old English wīs
Middle English wys ‘wise’
English wise
Today it means
adj Wise after the fact.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterwise