ago
/əˈɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.42 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Attorney General's Office.
Example Sentences
- "I got married ten years ago."
- "When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago."
- "It was two weeks ago that I saw her last."
- "Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus."
- "in days ago / in days agone"
- "Woe the day—she is agone!"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān Old English āgān Middle English agon English ago From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈɡoʊ/
- British English: /əˈɡəʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
four score and seven years ago
long ago
long long ago
many moons ago
promised 3,000 years ago
three days ago
two years ago