tomorrow
English
/təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmɒɹoʊ/, /təˈmɑɹoʊ/, /təˈmɑɹə/, /təˈmɔɹoʊ/
adv
Definitions
- On the day after the present day.
- At some point in the future; later on
- (possibly) On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week or a month), following the present (period of time).
- (obsolete) On the next day (following some date in the past).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tomorwe inherited from Old English tōmorgen (tomorrow) derived from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (morning) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (twinkle, blink, wet, moisten) prefix from English morrow (the next following day, morning).
Origin
English
morrow
Gloss
the next following day, morning
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
朝
Emoji
🌄 🌅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- morrow English
- morrowless English
- morrowtide English
- tomorrower English
- tomorrowless English
- tomorrowness English
- yester-morrow English
- βρέχω Ancient Greek
- *mergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *merkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥Hko Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥kéno Proto-Indo-European
- *murganaz Proto-Germanic
- morgen Old English
- tōmorgen Old English
- morwe Middle English
- tomorn Middle English
- tomorwe Middle English
- morginn Old Norse
- morgan Old High German
- *morgan gmw-pro
- morgan Old Dutch
- morgan Old Saxon
- morgen Old Frisian
- tumora Tok Pisin