English
hesternal
Hesternal comes from Latin hesternus ‘of or pertaining to yesterday’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-ter-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰǵʰyes-ter-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hesternosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhesternus‘of or pertaining to yesterday’
- Englishearliest quotation 1795hesternal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰǵʰyes-ter-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hesternosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhesternus‘of or pertaining to yesterday’
- Englishearliest quotation 1795hesternal
Earliest quotation: 1795, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satire III: “[A]t laſt, this happy fellow, on a high /…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-ter-
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to yesterday.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-ter- / hesternal