tomorrow English · revision 3288

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 897}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /təˈmɒr.əʊ/, US /təˈmɑːr.oʊ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|to morwe]], earlier to morwen,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) [[inh|ang|tō morgenne|t=on the morrow]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) [[af|ang|tō|morgenne|t1=at, on|t2=in the morning]], the dative of [[m|ang|morgen|t=morning]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) It is formed like [[today]] and [[tonight]],^(Cresswell 2021)^(COED 2004) and morgen also gave [[morn]], [[morrow]] and [[morning]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old English tō morgenne is from about 897;^(Barnhart 1988) Middle English to morwe, “on the day after today”, is from about 1250^(Barnhart 1988) or the mid-13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The form tomorn also survived in Middle English and, according to the OED, in the vernacular of northern England.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) The noun, “the day after today”, is from the late 14th century, about 1390 in Chaucer.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) “The near future” is attested by 1871 as an adverb^(OED 1989) and by 1898 as a noun.^(Etymonline) The word was written as two words until the 16th century, and as to-morrow until the early 20th century.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) ''Tomorrow is a new day'' is from the early 16th century, and ''tomorrow never comes'' was foreshadowed in 1523 by Lord Berners.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 897 – Old English tō morgenne.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1250 – Middle English to morwe.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1390 – noun, the next day.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 16th century – written to-morrow.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1871 – in the near future.^(OED 1989)

+ * early 20th century – written tomorrow.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # On or during the day after today.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # In the [[future]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The day after today.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # The near future: ''the world of tomorrow''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[morrow]]

+ * [[morn]]

+ * [[morning]]

+ * [[today]]

+ * [[tonight]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}