thereafter English · revision 10732

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 897|origins=ang þǣr æfter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌðeəˈrɑːf.tə/, US /ˌðerˈæf.tɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|ang|þǣr æfter]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from þǣr, [[there]], and æfter, [[after]];^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) compare Dutch daarachter and Swedish därefter.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ After that in time or sequence, subsequently: about 897.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ After that in place is from about 1000, now obsolete.^(OED 1989) Accordingly, in conformity with that (''thereafter as''), is from about 1175,^(OED 1989) and with verbs of longing, such as yearn thereafter, from about 1200.^(OED 1989) As a quasi-adjective, subsequent, it is from 1830.^(OED 1989) ''Thereafterward'' was a variant.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 897 – after that.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – accordingly.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1830 – subsequent (quasi-adjective).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # From that time on; after that.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[there]]

+ * [[after]]

+ * [[hereafter]]

+ * [[thereby]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}