English
aboon
Aboon comes from Old English abūfan ‘above’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *biobanā.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*biobanāreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150bufan‘above’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150abūfan‘above’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abone
- Englishearliest quotation 1730aboon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*biobanāreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150bufan‘above’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150abūfan‘above’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500abone
- Englishearliest quotation 1730aboon
Earliest quotation: 1730, Allan Ramsay, [Act II, Scene IV]: “The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall…”
Linked words
through Old English bufan ‘above’
through Old English abūfan ‘above’
Today it means
prep Above.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *biobanā / aboon