Etymograph

English

postical

Postical comes from Latin postīcus ‘posterior, hinder’, from post ‘after’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pós1‘afterwards, post-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pósti1‘after’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*posti1‘behind, after’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEposte1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpost1‘after’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpostīcus2‘posterior, hinder’
  7. Englishtodaypostical2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin posticus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English postical

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pósWiktionary, Latin posticus‘afterwards, post-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*póstiWiktionary, Latin posticus‘after’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*postiWiktionary, Latin posticus‘behind, after’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEposteWiktionary, Latin posticus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpostWiktionary, Latin posticus‘after’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpostīcusWiktionary, English postical‘posterior, hinder’
  7. EnglishtodayposticalWiktionary, English postical

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *posti ‘behind, after’

posterior, posthumous, 5 more

through Latin post ‘after’

posterity, 3 more

Today it means

adj Oriented towards the base.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “postical”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin posticus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pós / postical

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