ere
English
/ɛə/, /ɛəɹ/, /ɪə(ɹ)/
adv
Definitions
- (obsolete) At an earlier time.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ere (ear) inherited from Old English ǣr (before, ere) inherited from Proto-Germanic *airiz (earlier), *airi (early) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (day, morning, early).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éyeri
Gloss
day, morning, early
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
朝
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ear English
- earlies English
- earliness English
- early English
- earlycomer English
- earlyish English
- earlywood English
- earwax English
- erelong English
- erenow English
- erer English
- erewhile English
- ereyesterday English
- erst English
- erstwhile English
- long English
- nonearly English
- now English
- while English
- whilere English
- yesterday English
- eher German
- eer Dutch, Flemish
- eerbaar Dutch, Flemish
- eerbetoon Dutch, Flemish
- eerbied Dutch, Flemish
- eergisteren Dutch, Flemish
- eerherstel Dutch, Flemish
- eerlijk Dutch, Flemish
- eerloos Dutch, Flemish
- eervol Dutch, Flemish
- eerwraak Dutch, Flemish
- eerzaak Dutch, Flemish
- eerzuil Dutch, Flemish
- ereloon Dutch, Flemish
- eremetaal Dutch, Flemish
- eren Dutch, Flemish
- eretitel Dutch, Flemish
- erezuil Dutch, Flemish
- oneer Dutch, Flemish
- veeleer Dutch, Flemish
- weleer Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éyeri Proto-Indo-European
- *airi Proto-Germanic
- *airiz Proto-Germanic
- *hwan Proto-Germanic
- ang Old English
- hiere Old English
- hwīl Old English
- hwīle Old English
- hwīle ǣr, hwile ær Old English
- ærlice Old English
- ēare Old English
- ǣr Old English
- ere Middle English
- erly Middle English
- eror Middle English
- erste Middle English
- mousere Middle English
- ár Old Norse
- ere Middle Dutch
- ēr Old High German
- ērist Old High German
- 𐌰𐌹𐍂 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- ערשט Yiddish
- *airi gmw-pro
- *aiʀu gmw-pro
- er Old Saxon
- ēr Old Saxon
- ēr Old Frisian
- aleer Saterland Frisian
- eer Saterland Frisian
- ehrder Low German