Definitions
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- prefix rare Belonging to the
day preceding thepresent ; next before the present. - prefix Denoting
former ,earlier , orprevious times.
Etymologies
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From Middle English yester-, yister-, from Old English ġeostran-, ġiestran- ("previous day, prior day"), from Proto-Germanic *gistr- (“yesterday”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes- (“yesterday”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰- (gistra-, "tomorrow"), Ancient Greek χθές (khthés, "yesterday"). More at yesterday.
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