Etymology of the English word postcanonical
the English word postcanonical
derived from the English word canonical
derived from the Medieval Latin word canonicalis (canonical, by canons, legal)
derived from the Latin word canonicus (canon; member of cathedral canonry; clergyman; canonical, by canons, legal; mathematician, theorist; one who constructs mathematical; regular; secular; by math divisions of monochord)
derived from the Latin word canon (canon, ecclesiastical title; member of canonry; canon, norm, rule; catalog of sacred writings admitted by rule, the_Canon; cannon; sounding-board, channel of water organ; model)
derived from the Greek word kanon, κανών (a rule ('canon'); a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary; a sphere (of activity))
using the English prefix post-