tomorrow

A1 Topic:Time

Also spelled to-morrow

US /təˈmɑroʊ/ UK /təˈmɒɹəʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #308

Meanings

1

adv
On the day after today.

I'll call you tomorrow morning.
2

noun
The day after today.

Tomorrow will be sunny.
3

noun
The future.

We hope all our tomorrows will bring happiness.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

morrow

Opposites

yesterday

Word family

Forms tomorrows

Derived forms yesterday-today-and-tomorrowyesterday-today-tomorrow

Related forms nudiustertianovermorrowtodaytomorrowertomorrownesstonight yesterday

Appears in

Proverbs (11)

See all

Simplified etymology

Tomorrow was formed in the 13th century by combining to with morrow, an older word related to morning. It follows the same pattern as the older formations today and tonight.

Etymology

From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen.

tomorwe Middle English tō morgne Old English *murganaz Proto-Germanic *mergʰ- Proto-Indo-European

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Time

External links

# tomorrow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv, noun
**IPA (US):** /təˈmɑroʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /təˈmɒɹəʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 308

## Meanings
1. On the day after today.
2. The day after today.
3. The future.

## Examples
- I'll call you tomorrow morning.
- Tomorrow will be sunny.
- We hope all our tomorrows will bring happiness.

## Synonyms
- morrow

## Antonyms
- yesterday

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

## Related Forms
- nudiustertian
- overmorrow
- today
- tomorrower
- tomorrowness
- tonight
- yesterday

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tomorwe
- Root: tō morgne
- Root: *murganaz
- Root: *mergʰ-

## Etymology
From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen.

## AI Etymology
Tomorrow is from Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen. In present-day use, it can mean on the day after today, or the day after today. Derived formations include yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, yesterday-today-tomorrow.

## Topics
- Time

markdown