Etymograph

English

hindthought

From hind + thought.

A compound of hind + thought

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

Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-tér- ‘down, back, along, over, through’

Proto-Germanic *hinder ‘behind, beyond’

Old English hindan ‘from behind’

Middle English hinde

English hind

Proto-Indo-European *teng- ‘to make wet’

Proto-Germanic *þankijaną ‘to perceive, to think’

Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz ‘thought, idea’

Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht

Old English þōht ‘thought’

Middle English thought ‘product of mental activity’

English thought

Today it means

noun Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.

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

Etymograph / hindthought