Definition ago
Etymology
From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic ???????? (usgaggan, “to go forth”).
Adjective
ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)
- (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- (archaic or dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
Adverb
ago (comparative more ago, superlative most ago)
- before
Postposition
ago
- Before now.