Etymology

yestereve

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Today it means: Yesterday evening. Full definition →

Middle English yester even ← Old English ġiestranǣfen
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  1. Old English · inherited fromġiestranǣfen“yesterday evening”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromyester even
  3. English todayyestereve

From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + eve (“evening”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishyester even all →

yestereven

Old Englishġiestranǣfen all →

yesterevenyestreen

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.