different between yet vs ago

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ??et, g?ta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“ever”, adverb) (see aye), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-, accusative of *h?óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to,towards”) , from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.

Adverb

yet (not comparable)

1. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time; still

2. Continuously up to the current time; still.
   • 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences Of The Christian Religion

     facts they had heard while they were yet heathens

3. At some future time; eventually; still.

4. (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.

5. In addition.

6. (degree) Even.

Synonyms

• (up to some specified time): erenow, so far, to date; see also Thesaurus:hitherto or Thesaurus:formerly
• (continuously up to the current time): even now, still
• (at some future time): at last, in time, sooner or later; see also Thesaurus:eventually or Thesaurus:subsequently
• (not at the time referenced): still
• (in addition): besides, further, moreover; see also Thesaurus:additionally
• (even): still

Derived terms

• not yet

Translations

References

Conjunction

yet

1. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

Synonyms

• be that as it may, even so, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Derived terms

• as yet

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English yeten, from Old English ??otan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutan? (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). More at yote.

Alternative forms

• yit
• yete (obsolete)

Verb

yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past and past participle yetted or yet)

1. (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.

Noun

yet (plural yets)

1. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

Etymology 3

From Middle English yeten, ?eten, from Old English ?ietan.

Verb

yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past yot, past participle yotten)

1. (nonstandard, West Country) To get.

Anagrams

• -ety, Tye, ety, t'ye, tey, tye

Cahuilla

Noun

yét

1. female (animal)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English ??et, g?ta, from Proto-Germanic *juta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?t], [j?t]

Adverb

yet (not comparable)

1. yet, up to now, now as before, at present, still

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yet.

Adverb

yet

1. still
2. already
3. yet

English

Alternative forms

• agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English ?g?n (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *g?n? (“to go”), equivalent to a- +? gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon ?gangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usgaggan, “to go forth”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ?-g?', IPA^(key): /???o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?-g?', IPA^(key): /?????/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)

1. (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

2. (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

Usage notes

• Usually follows the noun.

Adverb

ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)

1. before

Postposition

ago

1. Before now.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Preposition and postposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon
• ago at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ago in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• AOG, G. O. A., G.O.A., GAO, GOA, Gao, Goa, goa

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (a?a) (compare Turkish a?a) or Greek ????? (ágios).

Noun

ago m

1. (Gheg, archaic, poetic) god

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?o/
• Hyphenation: a?go

Noun

ago (accusative singular agon, plural agoj, accusative plural agojn)

1. act, action

Synonyms

• (action): agado

Derived terms

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?o/

Noun

ago (plural agi)

1. act, action, deed

Synonyms

• (action): agado

Derived terms

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin acus.

Noun

ago m

1. needle

Italian

Etymology

From Latin acus (“needle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”). Compare Romanian ac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?o/
• Rhymes: -a?o

Noun

ago m (plural aghi)

1. needle

Related terms

• aguglia (“compass needle”)

Derived terms

• aghetto, aghino (diminutives)
• ago di pino
• agone (augmentative)

Japanese

Romanization

ago

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karipúna Creole French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??o/

Interjection

ago?

1. may I come in?

References

• 1987, Alfred W. Tobler, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 43.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ag?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?eti.

Cognate with Old Irish aigid, Ancient Greek ??? (ág?, “I lead”), Old Norse aka (“move, drive”), Avestan ????????????????????????? (azaⁱti), Sanskrit ???? (ájati, “to drive, propel, cast”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.?o?/, [?ä?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.?o/, [?????]

Verb

ag? (present infinitive agere, perfect active ?g?, supine ?ctum); third conjugation

1. I act, I behave
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Paralipomenon II 32:7

     viriliter agite et confortamini nolite timere nec paveatis regem Assyriorum […]

     "Act strongly and be courageous. Do not fear nor tremble before the king of Assyria"
2. I do

   "Agere...does not express, as facere does, the principle, author, nor a single act of producing; but a series of cares and a continued activity." - Latin Synonyms, with Their Different Significations, etc. by M. J. B. Gardin Dumesnil, Trans. Gosset, London, 1819.

   "Agere, Facere et Gerere hoc differunt, quod agere et corporis, et vocis, et mentis agitatum comprehendit. Facere tantum refertur ad opera, quae corpore efficimus; aliquando et pro consentire ponitur. His enim loquendi modis utebantur recte antiqui: mecum seu tecum faciam, hoc est, mecum seu tecum consentiam. Gerere est muneris et oneris..." - Ausonii Popmae frisii de differentiis verborum cum additamentis ab Hekelii, Richteri, Messerschmidii et Vallaurii, 1865.

   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus Amphitryon 2.1.1

     (AMPHITRYON to SOSIA): age ? t? secundum,

     Direct/literal translation: "Do thou walk after/following (me)!" Functional/colloquial translation: "Come, do follow after me!"

   • 63 B.C.E., Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.

     "You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of."

3. I make (something that does not continue to exist after the maker stops)
4. I negotiate
5. I effect, accomplish, achieve
6. I treat, I deal
   • (Can we date this quote?) Virgil (in translation), Aeneid Book I, line 575

     Tr?s Tyriusque mih? n?ll? discr?mine ag?tur.

     "Trojan and Tyrian shall be treated by me with no distinction."

7. I act, play, perform (e.g., a role in a play)
8. I perform, transact, conduct, manage (e.g. business, affairs)
9. I administer, direct, guide, govern
10. I drive (sense of providing an impetus for motion), impel, move, push, put in motion
11. I conduct, drive (sense of providing governance to motion)
    • 1877, Sophocles (in translation), Electra, in Aeschyli et Sophoclis: Tragoediae et Fragmenta (Paris: Institutiae Franciae Typographo)

      Intere? Orest?s postr?mus omnium ultim? loc? equ?s ag?bat, in f?ne certam spem vict?riae pon?ns.

      "Meanwhile, Orestes had been driving in last place and holding his horses back, putting his trust in the finish."

12. I discuss, debate, deliberate (used in civil, political and legal contexts)
13. (law) I plead
14. I think upon; I am occupied with
15. I aim at, I get at (generally in the subjunctive mood and preceded by ut, and so meaning: "that I might achieve...")
16. I stir up, excite, cause, induce
17. I lead, drive (e.g., livestock)
18. I chase, pursue
19. I drive at, pursue (a course of action)
20. I rob, steal, plunder, carry off
21. (of time) I pass, spend, lead
22. (of offerings) I slay, kill (as a sacrifice)
23. (of plants) I put forth, sprout, extend
24. (law) I hold (a court)
25. (passive) to go on, to take place, to be at issue

Conjugation

Usage notes

Ago renders a sense of doing or making which is continuative or behavioral. For a sense of a specific instance or occasion of doing or making, see facio. For a sense of doing or making which is yet more continuative, see agito and gero.

According to Döderlein, another difference between ago and facio when they mean "make" is that ago typically has to do with making something that does not continue after the "actor" stops doing the action; whereas with facio, the object continues to exist after the maker has made the thing. In other words, ago is temporal, whereas facio is spacial.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• ago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ago in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Further reading

• ago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *go¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Burmese ?????? (ackui).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a³³ko³³]

Noun

ago 

1. (Yao'an) elder brother

Samoan

Noun

ago

1. turmeric

Usage notes

Once cooked, it is called lega.

Võro

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Estonian agu.

Noun

ago (genitive ao, partitive ako)

1. twilight

Inflection

Derived terms