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.

Concepten

voor

aleer

eer

voordat

Synoniemen

before

afore

first

1st

formerly

previously

sooner

Vertalingen

prima che

prima di

antes de

ehe

bevor

avant

prima

dinanzi

antes

antes de que

يحرث

evvel

قَبْل

أْبْكَر

πριν

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: er

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ǣr

Verwant aan Avestisch: 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭

Verwant aan Saterfries: eer

Verwant aan Nederlands: eer

Verwant aan 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”).