ere

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

avant

avant que

Synonymes

before

afore

first

1st

formerly

previously

sooner

Traductions

prima di

ehe

antes de

prima che

voor

eer

aleer

bevor

antes

antes de que

يحرث

evvel

قَبْل

أْبْكَر

πριν

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: er

Hérité de ancien anglais: ǣr

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭

Appartenant à saterlandais: eer

Appartenant à néerlandais: eer

Appartenant à allemand: 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”).