Where does “avant-hier” come from?
avant-hier (French) comes from French hier, from Old French ier, 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.
avant-hier (French): two days ago; the day before yesterday
Definitions
- two days ago; the day before yesterday
Ancestry of “avant-hier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | hier | yesterday; To stamp with a rod |
| 2 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 3 | Latin | herī | — |
| 4 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “avant-hier”