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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutanan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, *ǵʰōw- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), giessen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). More at yote.

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[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Noun

yet (plural yets)

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

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-Germanic *iúta (compare West Frisian jit, Dutch ooit ‘ever’, German jetzt ‘now’), compound of (1) *ī́ui (adv.) ‘ever’ (see English aye), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i̯éu-, accusative of *h₂éi̯us ‘long time’ and (2) the intensifying enclitic *-ta, from Proto-Indo-European *do.[1][2] More at aye.

[edit] Adverb

yet (not comparable)

  1. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
    He has never yet been late for an appointment.
    I’m not yet wise enough to answer that.
    Have you finished yet?
  2. Continuously up to a certain time; still.
    The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.
  3. At some future time; eventually.
    The riddle will be solved yet.
  4. In addition.
    There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:
      After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.
  5. (degree) Even.
    K-2 is yet higher than this.
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[edit] Translations
Thus far
Continuously up to this point in time
At some future time
In addition
even — see even
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[edit] References
  1. ^ Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.
  2. ^ Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009): <http://www.etymologie.nl>

[edit] Conjunction

yet

  1. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
    I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.
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[edit] Translations
Nevertheless; however

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