yet

Meanings

Adverb

• Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
• At some future time; eventually.
• Not as of the time referenced.
• In addition.
• Even.

Verb

• To pour.
• To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
• To get.

Noun

• A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

Related

Similar words

• still

Origin

• From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte, Dutch ooit, German jetzt), compound of (1) *ju (see aye), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta , from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th#Etymology 2.
• From Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-. Cognate with Scots yat, West Frisian jitte, Dutch gieten, German gießen, Swedish gjuta. yote.
• From Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan.