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yester-
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Yesterday: yesternight.
[Middle English, from Old English geostran; see dhgh(y)es- in Indo-European roots.]
yester-
prefix
1. indicating the day before today yesterday
2. indicating a period of time before the present one yesteryear
[Old English geostran; compare German gestern, Latin hesternus of yesterday]
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