ontem
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese onte, oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”).[1] Displaced Old Portuguese eire.
Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: on‧tem
Audio (Brazil) (file)
Adverb edit
ontem (not comparable)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).