English

afterworld

From after + world.

A compound of after + world

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-Germanic *weraldiz ‘lifetime’

Proto-West Germanic *weraldi

Old English weorold

Middle English world ‘the world’

English world

Today it means

noun A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.

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

Etymograph / afterworld