afterborn

== English == === Alternative forms === after-born === Etymology === From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- +‎ born. Cognate with Scots efterborn. === Adjective === afterborn (not comparable) Born after the father's death; posthumous. Of later birth; younger. (law) Born after the will of a parent has been made.