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Ago
Definitions
- 1 Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
"in days ago / in days agone"
- 2 Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
"Woe the day—she is agone!"
- 1 gone by; or in the past wordnet
- 1 in the past wordnet
- 1 Initialism of Attorney General's Office. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Before now, before the present time
"I got married ten years ago."
Etymology
From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).
From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).
See also for "ago"
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