Etymograph

English

posticous

Posticous comes from Latin posticus ‘back, rear, posterior’, from post ‘after’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pós‘afterwards, post-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pósti‘after’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*posti‘behind, after’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEposte
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpost‘after’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEposticus‘back, rear, posterior’
  7. Englishtodayposticous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pós‘afterwards, post-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pósti‘after’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*posti‘behind, after’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEposte
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpost‘after’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEposticus‘back, rear, posterior’
  7. Englishtodayposticous

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *posti ‘behind, after’

posterior, posthumous, 5 more

through Latin post ‘after’

posterity, 3 more

Today it means

adj posterior

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pós / posticous

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