I invented the word for the day after tomorrow! - RhettandLinKommunity2024-03-29T10:53:23Zhttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/forum/topics/i-invented-the-word-for-the-day-after-tomorrow?feed=yes&xn_auth=noZeg is the day after tomorrow.tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2014-02-05:2452419:Comment:12183092014-02-05T13:51:23.727ZMarcus Bean (El Gusano)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Marcus_Bean
<p>Zeg is the day after tomorrow.</p>
<p>Zeg is the day after tomorrow.</p> Sorry, Niclas, but according…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2014-02-04:2452419:Comment:12179452014-02-04T21:36:18.375ZGumbo123https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Gumbo123
<p>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: </p>
<p><a href="http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=overmorrow&use1913=on&use1828=on" rel="nofollow">http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=overmorr...</a></p>
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<p><b>O"ver*mor"row</b> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.]…</p>
<p>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: </p>
<p><a href="http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=overmorrow&use1913=on&use1828=on" rel="nofollow">http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=overmorr...</a></p>
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<p><b>O"ver*mor"row</b> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] <i>Bible (1551).</i></p>
<h2>Etymologies</h2>
<div class="sub-module">From Middle English overmorwe, a compound of <i>over</i> + <i>morwe</i> ("morrow").</div>
<div class="sub-module">Compare Dutch <i>overmorgen</i>, German <i>übermorgen</i>, Swedish övermorgon, Danish <i>overmorgen</i>, Norwegian <i>overmorgen</i>.</div>
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<div class="sub-module">There are similar words in other languages. For instance, in Japanese . . .</div>
<p>yokkamae = 4 days before today <br/>sakiototoi = 2 days before yesterday (3 days before today) <br/>ototoi = day before yesterday <br/>kinou = yesterday <br/>kyou = today <br/>ashita = tomorrow <br/><strong>asatte = day after tomorrow</strong> <br/>shiasatte = 2 days after tomorrow (3 days from today) <br/>yanoasatte = 4 days from today <br/>gonoasatte = 5 days from today <br/>muikago = 6 days from today</p>
<p>etc. etc. etc.</p>