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means happening or awarded after a person's death, especially publications, honors, or children conceived before the father died.
from from latin postumus, superlative of posterus meaning coming after, originally just meaning last-born child; medieval scribes wrongly linked it to humus (earth/ground) and humare (to bury), bolting on the h to imply after burial, which stuck even though the etymology was a mistake.
spelling errorthe h was added by false etymology, not latin
legal meaningoriginally just meant born after father's death
nobel ruleprize cannot be awarded posthumously since 1974
oldest useroman law used it for inheritance disputes
for instance
tupac shakur — released more albums dead than alive since 1996
john kennedy toole — won the pulitzer in 1981, 12 years after suicide
vincent van gogh — sold one painting while alive, priceless after 1890
emily dickinson — 1,800 poems found and published after her 1886 death