"after, afterwards" in seven languages
Meaningafter, afterwards
Spanish
después
/desˈpwes/
inherited
From DĒ + EX + POST; before a noun: después de.
French
après
/apʁɛ/
other source · Late Latin AD PRESSUM 'close by'
Italian
dopo
/ˈdɔpo/
inherited
From DĒ POST.
Portuguese
depois
/deˈpojs/
inherited
Romanian
după
/ˈdupə/
inherited
Catalan
després
/dəsˈpɾɛs/
other source · Latin PRESSUM 'close by', with prefixes (cf. French après)
English
after
/ˈæftɚ/
native English · Old English æfter
English → Italianafter, afterwardsdopoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: post-, posterior, postpone.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
POST‘after, behind’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian stacked prepositions onto POST; French 'after' is 'close behind' (AD PRESSUM, related to press).
English relatives: post-, posterior, postpone
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In a sentence
- esHablamos después de comer.
- frOn parle après le déjeuner.
- itNe parliamo dopo pranzo.
- ptA gente conversa depois do almoço.
- roVorbim după prânz.
- caEn parlem després de dinar.
- enWe'll talk after lunch.