afterborn

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn.

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