The story
- Old English · inherited fromġiestranǣfen“yesterday evening”
- Middle English · inherited fromyester even
- English todayyestereven
From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yesterevening (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.