Old English ?ftan "from behind, behind, farthest back," from superlative of Old English ?f, af, of "away, away from, off" (see of). The Germanic superlative suffix *-ta corresponds to PIE *-to (compare Greek protos "first," superlative of pro "before"). Now purely nautical.
例文
1. Our yacht was well equipped with two double cabins fore and aft .
私たちのヨット施設は完備していて、首尾に2つのツインキャビンがあります。
2.Graham sat aft ,looking steadily out to the horizon.
グラハムは船尾に座り、地平線をじっと見つめている。
3.Element check is a key part in the implementation of AFT .
AFT メソッド実装において、新規生成ユニットの検査は重要なプロセスである。
4.At the end,an adaptive mesh generation scheme is proposed by combining AFT and Background method.