ere

Betekenis (English)

Prep

Before; sooner than.

Adv

At an earlier time.

Conj

Before.

Noun

Obsolete form of ear.

Concepten

voor

aleer

eer

voordat

Synonyms

before

afore

first

1st

formerly

previously

sooner

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛə/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: er

Inherited from Oudengels: ǣr

Cognate with Avestisch: 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭

Cognate with Saterfries: eer

Cognate with Nederlands: eer

Cognate with 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”).