Dictionary

aftergrowth en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English growth English aftergrowth From after- + growth.

Meanings

1. A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
2. (figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
   • If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows. 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211:

Forms

Translations (7)

ga athfhás (second growth, seen in plants) · fi jälkikasvu (second growth, figuratively) · gv aavaair (second growth, seen in plants) · fi jälkikasvu (second growth, seen in plants) · az xora (second growth, seen in plants) · no ettervekst (second growth, figuratively) · no ettervekst (second growth, seen in plants)