English

here we are

From here + we (“the speaker and the person being addressed”) + are.

A compound of here + we ‘the speaker and the person being addressed’ + are

Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’

Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’

Old English hēr ‘at this place’

Middle English her

English here

Proto-Indo-European *wéy ‘we’

Proto-Germanic *wīz

Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ ‘we’

Old English wē

Middle English we

English we

Old English earon

Middle English aren

English are

Today it means

proverb Indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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