Where does “yore” come from?
yore (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeāra, from Proto-Germanic jērǫ̂, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
yore (Middle English): yore; for a long time
Ancestry of “yore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġeāra | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jērǫ̂ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
Words derived from “yore”