Where does “yore” come from?

Yore comes from Middle English ȝare, Old English ġearu, Proto-West Germanic garu, Proto-Germanic jērą, and Proto-Indo-European yōro-, which may derive from ḱóm and h₂er-.

yore (English): a time long past; In time long past; long ago

Definitions

  1. a time long past; In time long past; long ago

Ancestry of “yore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyoreyore; for a long time
2Old Englishġeāralong ago
3Proto-Germanicjērǫ̂—
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “yore”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērǫ̂ →