Yestereve
/ˌjɛstərˈiːv/noun
The evening of yesterday; last evening.
Did you know?“Yestereve” belongs to an old family of time-words built from “yester-,” meaning the day before, and “eve,” originally meaning evening or the time before an event.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*gistrą
“Yesterday; the preceding day, reconstructed ancestor of “yester.””
Old English
Old English
ġeostran
“Yesterday; on the previous day.”
Old English
Old English
ǣfen
“Evening; the time approaching night, ancestor of “eve.””
Middle English
Middle English
yestereve
“The previous evening; a compound of “yester” and “eve.””
Modern English
English
yestereve
“Last evening; now chiefly archaic, literary, or dialectal.”