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afterward (adv.)
Old English
æftanweard
, from
æftan
"after" (see
aft
) +
-weard
suffix indicating direction (see
-ward
); nautical use as
aftward
, then expanded by influence of
after
; variant
afterwards
shows adverbial genitive.