# yet

> English word · Adverb · IPA /jɛt/ · frequency rank #269

## Definitions
1. Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
2. Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
3. Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
4. At some future time; eventually.
5. Not as of the time referenced.
6. In addition.
7. Even.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *jūta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.

## Easily confused with
- **yo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yo)
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yu)
- **yr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yr)
- **Yi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yi)
- **yt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yt)
- **Ys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-ys)
- **YG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yg)
- **YP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yp)
- **you** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-you)
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yup)
- **yrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yrs)
- **yoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yoo)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yum)
- **yin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yin)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yun)
- **yew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yew)
- **yon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yon)
- **yip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yip)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yue)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yui)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yet