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Postscript

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an additional remark or piece of information added after the main body of a letter
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Stage 1 of 2
post scriptum
Latin · ancient
"written after"
written after, from post- (after) and scriptum (something written)
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Stage 2 of 2
postscript
English · 1500s
"an additional remark added after a letter's signature"
settled as the English word for an additional remark added after a letter's signature
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