ere

Betekenis (Engels)

Prep

Before; sooner than.

Adv

At an earlier time.

Conj

before.

Noun

Obsolete form of ear.

Contraction

A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.

Sinonieme

before

afore

first

1st

formerly

previously

sooner

Vertalings

prima di

voor

ehe

antes de

prima che

aleer

eer

avant

bevor

antes

antes de que

يحرث

evvel

قَبْل

أْبْكَر

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɛə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: er

Geërf van Old English: ǣr

Verwante met Avestan: 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: eer

Verwante met Nederlands: eer

Verwante met Duits: ehe

In summary

From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”).