yesteryear

yesteryear
yesteryear (n.) coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester(day) + year to translate Fr. antan (from V.L. *anteannum "the year before") in a refrain by François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered "But where are the snows of yesteryear?"

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  • yesteryear — noun Etymology: yesterday + year Date: 1870 1. last year 2. time gone by; especially the recent past • yesteryear adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • yesteryear — noun /ˈjɛstəjɪə/ a) Last year. Where . . . Where are the snows of yesteryear? b) Past years; time gone by; yore …   Wiktionary

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