thereafter

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there +‎ after. Cognate with West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌðeəɹˈæf.tə(ɹ)/, (trap-bath split) /ˌðeəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌðɛəɹˈæf.tɚ/

thereafter (not comparable)

1. After that, from then on.

   He left; thereafter we never met again.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:

     "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

• afterward