| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ayer- |
| DEFINITION: | Day, morning. 1a. early, ere, or2, from Old English  r, before; b. or2, from Old Norse  r, before. Both a and b from Germanic *airiz. 2. erst, from Old English rest, earliest, from Germanic (superlative) *airistaz. (Pokorny   er- 12.) |
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