Plural of aftermath; the consequences, results, or effects that occur after a major event, disaster, or change.
Plural of aftermath, from 'after' (Old English æfter) and 'math' (Old English mæth, meaning mowing or crop of grass, from mawan to mow). Originally meant the second crop of grass in a season.
The word 'aftermath' literally meant a second hay crop in Old English—and this agricultural meaning reveals how people understood consequences: like a second harvest appearing after the first, consequences inevitably follow actions!
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