Yet Definition
Other Word Forms of Yet
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Origin of Yet
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From Middle English yeten, from Old English Ä¡Ä“otan (“to flow, pour"), from Proto-Germanic *geutanÄ… (“to flow, pour"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, *ǵʰōw- (“to pour"). Cognate with Scots yat (“to yet"), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour"), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould"), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould"), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast"). More at yote.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English Ä¡Ä«et, gȳta, from Proto-Germanic *iúta (compare West Frisian jit, Dutch ooit "˜ever', German jetzt "˜now'), compound of (1) *ī́ui (adv.) "˜ever' (see English aye), from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚i̯éu-, accusative of *h₂éi̯us "˜long time' and (2) the intensifying enclitic *-ta, from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English gīet i- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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