ooit
Meaning
- sometime (in the future), someday, at some point
- ever
- once (in the past)
- (postpositional) of all time, ever
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/oːi̯t/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch oit. The further etymology is not clear, as there are no parallels in other languages. Possibly a combination of Old Dutch io and *jit (cognate with German jetzt; Old English ġiet > Modern English yet), although this leaves the initial o- unexplained.
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