yet

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. adverb up to the present time
  2. adverb used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  3. adverb to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *jūta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.

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