yon

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
  • Adverb:
    at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)

Word Origin

yon (adj., pron.)
Old English geon "that (over there)," from Proto-Germanic *jaino- (cognates: Old Frisian jen, Old Norse enn, Old High German ener, Middle Dutch ghens, German jener, Gothic jains "that, you"), from PIE pronominal stem *i- (cognates: Sanskrit ena-, third person pronoun, anena "that;" Latin idem "the same," id "it, that one;" Old Church Slavonic onu "he;" Lithuanian ans "he"). As an adverb from late 15c., a shortening of yonder.

Example

1. Take as many as yon please .
2. Yon can 't interfere in that .
3. Messrs. quandt and yon didn 't respond to requests for comment .
4. You will get wet if yon go out with out an umbrella .
5. Yon can take whatever you like .

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