NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT EPOCH CROSSWORD CLUE 3 LETTERS - EPOCH OF THE FIRST WHALES CROSSWORD

I suppose just one could possibly guess from your “experience” from the word “aloof” that it has nautical roots. Initially “aloof” intended “to windward” and was the other of “alee”.“Anon” initially meant “without delay”, but the phrase’s indicating progressed into “shortly” apparently Because the term was misused