afore

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

1. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, temporally.
2. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, in front, spatially.
3. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, in front, spatially.

Prep

1. Before; in advance of the time of.
2. Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.

Conj

In advance of the time when; before.

Sinonieme

ago

previously

before

in the first place

previous to

prior

syne

before now

earlier than

tofore

earlier

ere

Vertalings

zuvor

πριν

antes

avant

antes de

enllà

abans que

قبلا

vorher

abans de

davor

προ

προτού

ενώπιον

més d’hora

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈfɔɹ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: afore

Geërf van Old English: onforan

In summary

From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.