漢： 來源於拉丁語，意爲“after,behind”。post 與前綴ante意思相反，這裡的post不是“mailing”“郵件”的意思，而是意爲“after”。此外，poster(posterior,posterity)意爲“coming after”。
英：word-forming element meaning "after," from Latin post "behind, after, afterward," from *pos-ti (cf. Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" Old Church Slavonic po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lithuanian pas "at, by"), from PIE *po- (cf. Greek apo "from," Latin ab "away from").

1.posthumous
adj.after death;often said of writings published after the author's death;born after the death of its father 死後的：作爲遣腹子出生的,hum=earth
What value is there for the poerson receiving a posthumous award?
列後才獲獎對那個人有什麽意義呢？
2.postlude
n.the closing piece on the program 終曲 lud=play
Except for the postlude,the show essentially over.
除了終曲，展覽實際已經結束
3.postmortem
adj.made after death 騐屍的，mort=death
he conducted the postmortem examination of the victim's body.
他對受害者的遺躰進行了檢騐。
4.postscrip
n.a note added to a letter after it has been signed 附言，記後。
script=write
If you have anything to add to the letter,just put it in a postscript marked "p.s".
如果你在信中還有需要附加內容，衹需要以“p.s”作爲標記寫在附言中即可。