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Galician
Adverb
ontem
- reintegrationist spelling of onte
Further reading
- “ontem” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
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
Adverb
ontem (not comparable)
- yesterday
Descendants
References
- ^ Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).
Further reading