Where does “avore” come from?

avore (English) comes from Middle English afore, from Old English onforan, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

avore (English): before

Definitions

  1. before

Ancestry of “avore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaforebefore; afore; before; afore: in advance of the...
2Old Englishonforanbefore, in front of
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →