Posterity
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late Middle English: from Old French posterite, from Latin posteritas, from posterus ‘following’.
wiktionary
Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus(“following, coming after”), from post(“after”) (English post-). [1]
Displaced Old English words such as æftergengnes, æfterweardnes, and cnēores.
etymonline
posterity (n.)
"a person's offspring, descendants collectively," late 14c., posterite, from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso, framcynn.
