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adv
On the day before yesterday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, not-comparable
Qualifier: obsolete except Ireland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overmorrow
noun
The day before yesterday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable
Qualifier: obsolete except Ireland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h2éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Middle English er English ere Proto-Indo-European *dhǵhyés Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *dhǵhyésteros Proto-Germanic *gesteraz Proto-Germanic *-n Proto-Germanic *gesteran Proto-West Germanic *gesteran Old English ġiestran Proto-Indo-European *dhegwh-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Old English ġiestrandæġ Middle English yesterday English yesterday English ereyesterday From ere (“before”, preposition) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.
