posterity的词源

英文词源

posterity (n.)

late 14c., from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso, framcynn.

中文词源

posterity：后代，后世

来自拉丁语posterus,在后的，后面的，来自post,在后，-ity,名词后缀。

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