ago
adverb
[ əˈɡəʊ ]
• before the present; earlier (used with a measurement of time).
• "he went five minutes ago"
Similar:
in the past,
before the present,
before,
earlier,
back,
in time gone by,
since,
formerly,
previously,
heretofore,
Origin:
Middle English ago, agone, past participle of the obsolete verb ago ‘pass’, used to express passage of time.
