[Vocabulary] to-morrow

[Ducklet Cat]

Hello

I've noticed -in some old books- that tomorrow is spelled to-morrow.
I checked the dictionary, and found out that morrow means "next day".

So how come "to" was added to it, and why?

Is it to make it look the same as "today"?
Was today spelled to-day in the old times?

Regards.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello

I've noticed -in some old books- that tomorrow is spelled to-morrow.
I checked the dictionary, and found out that morrow means "next day".

So how come "to" was added to it, and why?

Is it to make it look the same as "today"?
Was today spelled to-day in the old times?

Regards.

Have a look here: Online Etymology Dictionary

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, you can see in old Bugs Bunny cartoons "to-day."

 

[Ducklet Cat]

Thank you.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


To-day
To-night
To-morrow


On this day, I have been very busy, so I have to go to bed early on this night because I have a lot of

things to do on the morning.

 

[Ducklet Cat]

Thanks you all

 

[BobK]

Well spotted! Until MrsK had had enough I used to keep a series of editions of a single dictionary, charting this sort of change (which is still going on*, of course). ;-)

b
PS* ...as it did hundreds of years ago; the old Latin hoc die turned into hodie - the Latin root for oggi (It), hoy (Sp), hoje (Pg), and [bolstered up by the addition of au jour de - Fr, 'on the day of'] aujourd'hui. Ther must be many others too. {Thinks} I wonder where heute fits in:-? - I feel some research coming on...