aftermath

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The period and consequences that follow a serious or harmful event.

   Thousands were left homeless in the aftermath of the earthquake.

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Simplified etymology

Aftermath originally meant the new crop of grass that grows after a field has been mown in early summer. Its second element, math, was an old word meaning “a mowing.” The modern meaning of aftermath developed in the mid-16th century.

From after- + math (“a mowing”).

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