Etymograph

English

hereafterward

From here + afterward.

A compound of here + afterward

Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’

Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’

Old English hēr ‘at this place’

Middle English her

English here

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

…

Proto-Germanic *after ‘after, behind’

Old English æfter ‘after’

Old English æfterweard

Middle English afterward ‘Afterwards, later, then’

English afterward

Today it means

adv Hereafter.

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

Etymograph / hereafterward