behind etymology

Etymology

Meaning

Origin

behind

• (adverb) at or towards the back of something

• (preposition) at the back of or following in space, time, or order

• Old English behindan, meaning "behind, at the back"; from Proto-Germanic bi hindana, from hindana ("behind, after")

etymology

• (noun) the study of the origin of words and the way their meaning has changed

• Greek etymologia, from etymos ("true sense of a word") + logia ("study of")

meaning

• (noun) the sense or intention of an utterance, action, or thing

• (verb) to have a specific sense or intention

• Middle English menyng, from Old English mǣning, from Proto-Germanic mainjanan ("to think, believe")

behind relate terms

• byway

  Etymology Old English bīweg meaning a secondary road Middle English byway b

• hind

  Etymology The word hind has multiple etymologies Old English hind noun and hin

• behind

  Etymology Meaning Origin behind adverb at or towards the back of something preposi

• behindhand

  Etymology Late Middle English By hynde Middle English Bihinden behynde n Old Englis

• behind

  Etymology Meaning Origin behind adverb at or towards the back of something preposi

• beforehand

  Etymology The English word beforehand is derived from two Old English words beforan

• slow

  Etymology The word slow is of Old English origin derived from the Old English word s

• keister

  Etymology The word keister is derived from the German word Kiste which means chest

• remanent

  Etymology The word remanent derives from the Latin word remanēre which means to re

• rear

  Etymology From Middle English rere from Old English rær the hindmost part of an army

• arrears

  Etymology The word arrears comes from the Old French word areres meaning at the ba

• body

  Etymology Old English bod Proto Germanic bodaz Proto Indo European bʰedʰ Mean

• sear

  Etymology From Middle English sear from Old English sær from Proto Germanic _saira_

• rase

  Etymology Old English ras bald clean shaven Middle English ras bald clean shav