Beyond
/bɪˈjɒnd/noun
On or to the far side of something; farther away or later than a specified point.
Did you know?Beyond comes from Old English by geond, meaning “by yonder,” and its history is a reminder that English often turns spatial distance into a kind of threshold magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bi
“by, near”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*janþrą / *gēnþrą
“that yonder, over there”
Old English
OE
be geond
“by yonder, on the far side”
Middle English
ME
beyonde
“on the farther side; further away”
Modern English
English
beyond
“on the far side of; farther than; exceeding”