ereyesterday

adv
/ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/UK/ɛəɹˈjɛstəɹdeɪ/US

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from ġiestrandæġ
  2. inherited from yesterday
  3. compounded as ereyesterday — “ere + yesterday

Definitions

  1. On the day before yesterday.

    • Friday laſt (ere yeſterday) Cardinal Mazarine came to receive and confer vvith her upon all the demands, motions, and articles ſhe vvould propound; […]
    • VVherefore have ye not completed your ſet vvork (or, your task) in making of bricks, as formerly, [Heb[rew] as yeſterday, ere yeſterday] ſo alſo yeſterday and to day?
  2. The day before yesterday.

    • And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, ⁊ beholde, it was not towarde him as yeſterdaye and yeryeſterdaye.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA