ago

Meanings

Adjective

• Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
• Nearly gone; dead

Adverb

• before

Origin

• From Middle English ago, agon, past participle of agon, from Old English āgān, from Proto-Germanic *uz-, *gāną, equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen. Compare also Old Saxon āgangan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽.