Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
On the aft side; in the stern. · Backwards.
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBehind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.
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