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Definition of yester- in English:

yester-

literary, archaic

  • Of yesterday.

    ‘yestereve’
    • ‘yesteryear’

Pronunciation

yester-

/ˌyestərˈnīt/ /ˌjɛstərˈnaɪt/

Origin

Old English geostran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gisteren and German gestern ‘yesterday’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin heri and Greek khthes.