Where does “air-yesterday” come from?

air-yesterday (Scots) comes from Scottish Gaelic -air, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

air-yesterday (Scots): the day before yesterday

Definitions

  1. the day before yesterday

Ancestry of “air-yesterday”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-airForming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the...
2Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
3Old French-aire—
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Scottish Gaelic -air →
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