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It might go back to Anglo-Norman (Frenchish) language: Apres midi Post midi
by lebuffon 6y ago
It might go back to Anglo-Norman (Frenchish) language:
Apres midi
Post midi
- gmac 6y agoIt's usually held to be Latin: ante and post meridiem[1]. But surely the whole point is that midday itself is neither before nor after midday, while midnight is precisely equally both before and after? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock
- lozf 6y agoBut "apres" also means after.