de post

Latin

Etymology

From dē (“from”) +‎ post (“after”).

Preposition

dē post (+ accusative) (Late Latin, proscribed)

  1. after, behind
    • 5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)[1]
      Nemo enim dicit de post' forum, nemo enim ab ante.
      Nobody [who speaks correctly] says 'de post the forum', nor 'ab ante it.
    • 5th c. CE, Pompeius[2]
      Est talis regula, praepositio praepositioni non iungitur. Hoc dicunt, puta 'apud penes' non potes facere unam partem orationis. Item qui male loquuntur modo ita dicunt 'depost illum ambulat'.
      There is a rule that a preposition is not joined to a preposition. By this they mean, for example, that you cannot make apud and penes into a single lexeme. So those who speak badly now say depost illum ambulat.

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: dupã
    • Romanian: după
  • North Italian:
    • Old Venetian: dapò, dapuò, dapoi
      • Venetian: dopo (Italian infl.)
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References
  1. Herman, József. 2000. Vulgar Latin. Translated by Wright, Roger. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Page 26.
  2. Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 595
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