posterior的词源

英文词源

posterior (adj.)

1530s, "later," from Latin posterior "after, later, behind," comparative of posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Meaning "situated behind" is from 1630s.

posterior (n.)

"buttocks," euphemistic, 1610s, from posterior (adj.). Earlier it meant "those who come after, posterity" (1530s). Compare Lithuanian pasturas "the last, the hindmost," from pas "at, by."

中文词源

posterior：较晚的 

来源于拉丁语形容词post(后面的)的比较级posterior。

词根词缀： poster后面 + -ior形容词词尾

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posterior：在后的

来自拉丁语posterus,在后的，后面的，来自post,在后，-or,比较级后缀。