yonder

Meanings

Adverb

• At or in a distant but indicated place.
• Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

Adjective

• The farther, the more distant of two choices.

Noun

• The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

Related

Similar words

• there, over there, away there
• see farther
• yon

Origin

• From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre, equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir, Dutch ginder, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴.