Where does “ayer” come from?

ayer (Spanish) comes from Spanish yer, 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.

ayer (Spanish): yesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past

Definitions

  1. yesterday; days gone by; yesteryear; the past

Ancestry of “ayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyer—
2Latinherīyesterday
3Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
4Proto-Italichezī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “ayer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →