I invented the word for the day after tomorrow!

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on February 4, 2014 at 4:36pm

Sorry, Niclas, but according to Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) there is already such a word, although it is considered obsolete and not in daily use at this time: 

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=overmorr...

 

O"ver*mor"row (?), n. The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] Bible (1551).

Etymologies

From Middle English overmorwe, a compound of over + morwe ("morrow").

Compare Dutch overmorgen, German übermorgen, Swedish övermorgon, Danish overmorgen, Norwegian overmorgen.

 

There are similar words in other languages.  For instance, in Japanese  . . .

yokkamae = 4 days before today
sakiototoi = 2 days before yesterday (3 days before today)
ototoi = day before yesterday
kinou = yesterday
kyou = today
ashita = tomorrow
asatte = day after tomorrow
shiasatte = 2 days after tomorrow (3 days from today)
yanoasatte = 4 days from today
gonoasatte = 5 days from today
muikago = 6 days from today

etc. etc. etc.

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Bean (El Gusano) on February 5, 2014 at 8:51am

Zeg is the day after tomorrow.

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