posthumously

Variant of posthumous

posthumous definition

post·humous (päs′cho̵o məs, -tyo̵o-)

adjective

  1. born after the father's death
  2. published after the author's death
  3. arising or continuing after one's death

Etymology: LL posthumus, for L postumus, after death, orig., last, superl. of posterus (see posterior): altered in LL by assoc. with humus, ground or humare, to bury (as if meaning “born after the father is buried”)

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