Posterity Definition
pŏ-stĕrĭ-tē
noun
All of a person's descendants.
Webster's New World
All succeeding generations.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Posterity
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Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after"), from post (“after") (English post-).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English posterite from Old French from Latin posteritās from posterus coming after posterior
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Displaced Old English words such as æftercneoreso, frumcynn.
From Wiktionary
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