ago

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-?

Proto-Germanic *uz-

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *gāną

Proto-West Germanic *gān

Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān

Old English āgān

Middle English agon

English ago

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, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).