Etymograph

English

ahind

From a- + hind.

Formed from a- + hind

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’

Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’

Middle English hinde

English hind

Today it means

prep behind

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

Etymograph / ahind