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ago
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English
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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”).
Pronunciation
Postposition
ago
- Before now, before the present time
- I got married ten years ago.
- 2013 August 10, “Damned if you don’t”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus.
- When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.
- It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.
Derived terms
Translations
past; gone by; since
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Adjective
ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)
- (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- in days ago / in days agone
- (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
- Woe the day—she is agone!
Usage notes
- Usually follows the noun.
See also
Preposition and postposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon
- “ago”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ago”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “ago”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (compare Turkish ağa) or Greek άγιος (ágios).
Noun
ago m
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ago (accusative singular agon, plural agoj, accusative plural agojn)
Synonyms
- (action): agado
Derived terms
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
Interjection
agó (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜳ)
- an exclamation of surprise
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Further reading
Ido
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ago (plural agi)
Synonyms
- (action): agado
Derived terms
Istriot
Etymology
Noun
ago m
Italian
Etymology
From earlier *aco, from Latin acus (“needle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Romanian ac.
Pronunciation
Noun
ago m (plural aghi)
- needle
- 1947, Primo Levi, “Storia di dieci giorni”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 190:
- Grazie alla mia ormai lunga esperienza delle cose del campo; ero riuscito a portare con me le mie cose personali: una cintura di fili elettrici intrecciati; il cucchiaio-coltello; un ago con tre gugliate; cinque bottoni; e infine, diciotto pietrine per acciarino che avevo rubato in Laboratoria.
- Thanks to my by now long experience with camp-related matters; I was able to bring with me my personal items: a belt made of braided electrical wires; the spoon-knife; a needle with three threads; five buttons; and lastly, eighteen flints for the lighter that I robbed from the Laboratory.
Derived terms
- aghetto, aghino (diminutives)
- ago di pino
- agone (augmentative)
Related terms
- aguglia (“compass needle”)
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Japanese
Romanization
ago
Karipúna Creole French
Pronunciation
Interjection
ago?
- may I come in?
Further reading
- Alfred W. Tobler (1987), Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna (in Karipúna Creole French), Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 43
Latin
Lolopo
Maranao
Samoan
Ternate
Võro
Yoruba
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