whilere
English
/wʌɪˈlɛː/
adv
Definitions
- (archaic) A while ago; a short time before; lately; just now.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hwīle ǣr, hwile ær, hwīle + Old English ǣr (before, ere)+ Old English ang (day, home, village, tight painful)+ Old English hwīl (time, while)compound from English while + English ere (before).
Origin
English
ere
Gloss
before
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwhile English
- early English
- ere English
- erelong English
- erenow English
- erer English
- erewhile English
- ereyesterday English
- erst English
- erstwhile English
- handwhile English
- meanwhile English
- nowhile English
- otherwhile English
- somewhile English
- therewhile English
- umwhile English
- while English
- whilemeal English
- whilend English
- whiles English
- whilst English
- worthwhile English
- *airiz Proto-Germanic
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- Dunholm Old English
- Oxnaford Old English
- ang Old English
- beorhthwil Old English
- earfoþhwil Old English
- feormeham Old English
- gesceaphwil Old English
- gescæphwil Old English
- healfbrocen Old English
- hwilwende Old English
- hwīl Old English
- hwīle Old English
- hwīle ǣr, hwile ær Old English
- meteþearfende Old English
- preowthwil Old English
- wodnesdæg Old English
- æmethwil Old English
- ærlice Old English
- þunresdæg Old English
- þursdæg Old English
- ǣr Old English
- ere Middle English
- while-løkke Danish