ontem
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- hontem (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese onte, oonte (“yesterday”), from *aõite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“at night”), from nox (“night”)[1]. Displaced Old Portuguese eire.
Pronunciation
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: ónti
References
- Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).
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