Rear

Morpheme

Rear

Type

free base

Denotation

back, behind

Etymology

c.1600 rerewarde; Anglo-French rerewarde and Old French rieregarde; Old French riere; Latin retro + Old French garde
shortened form of arrear

Evidence

rear, rearmost, rears, rearward

See Also

Rere

Homographs

Rear

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