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From Middle English ago, past participle of agon (to go away, to pass by), Old English agan (to pass away).

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ago (not comparable)

Positive
ago

Comparative
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Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Past; gone by; since.
    ten years ago
    gone long ago
  2. (obsolete) nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

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  • G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

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

  1. act, action

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ago m. (plural aghi)

  1. needle

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ago (hiragana あご)

  1. : chin

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄγω (agō), to lead), Old Norse aka (move, drive), Sanskrit अजति (ájati), to drive, propel, cast).

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present active agō, present infinitive agere, perfect active ēgī, supine āctum.

  1. To do, act, make.
    • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found 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.
  2. To drive.

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ago

  1. twilight

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