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
avant-hier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French hier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hier | yesterday; To stamp with a rod |
| 2 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 3 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 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 |
via French avant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |