soon

Meanings

Adjective

  • Short in length of time from the present.
  • early

Adverb

Origin

  • From Middle English soone, sone, from Old English sōna, from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô, from *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.
  • Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone, North Frisian san, dialectal Dutch zaan ("soon, before long"), Middle Low German sân, Middle High German sān, son, Old High German sār. Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *suniz.

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