## Meanings
1. On this day, not yesterday or tomorrow.
2. This day; the day that is happening now.
3. In the present time; these days.
4. The present time or age.

## Examples
- I can't meet you today, but I'm free tomorrow.
- Today is the day we finally fix this.
- Today we have machines to do most of that work.
- The world of today is very different from the past.

## Derived Forms
- yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
- yesterday-today-tomorrow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: today
- Root: tōdæġ

## Etymology
From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

## AI Etymology
Today is from Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”). In present-day use, it can mean on this day, not yesterday or tomorrow, or this day; the day that is happening now. Derived formations include yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, yesterday-today-tomorrow.

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