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Where does “abans-d'ahir” come from?

abans-d'ahir (Catalan) comes from Catalan ahir, from Old Catalan hir, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

abans-d'ahir (Catalan): the day before yesterday

Definitions

  1. the day before yesterday

Ancestry of “abans-d'ahir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanahiryesterday
2Old Catalanhir—
3Latinherī—
4Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
5Proto-Italichezī—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
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