oonte

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

onte

Etymology

From *aõite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“at night”), from nox (“night”) or hac noctem. Cognate with Old Spanish anoche and Old French anuit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈõ.te/

Adverb

oonte

yesterday
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Pero Garcia Burgalês, B 1384: Maria negra desventuirada (facsimile)
  Oonte ao ſeraã
  Yesterday, in the evening

Synonyms

eire

Descendants

Galician: onte
Portuguese: ontem (see there for further descendants)
→ Mirandese: onte

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