post

after

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Latin post, after: a postscript comes after a letter, postnatal care follows birth, and a postmortem follows death.

Words built from it

postpone — to delay until a later time
post- (after) + pone (put)
postscript — a note added after the main text
post- (after) + script (written)
posterior — situated behind or after
post- (after) + -erior (more, comparative)
postnatal — occurring after birth
post- (after) + nat (born) + -al
posterity — future generations
post- (after) + -erity (state of)
postmortem — an examination or review conducted after death or after an event
post- (after) + mortem (death)
postgraduate — relating to study undertaken after a first degree
post- (after) + grad (step, degree) + -uate

postulate — from Latin postulare 'to demand, request' — unrelated to the post- 'after' prefix despite the shared letters