then

From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.

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He was happy then.

And the Canaanite was then in the land.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:6:

In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

He fixed it, then left.

Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.

First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:24:

Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:


once

From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitival suffix -es. Compare Old Saxon ēnes (“once”), Old High German eines, einēst (“once”), modern German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.

He was once the most handsome man around.

I once had a bicycle just like that one.

Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.

1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

(temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.


afterwards

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.

Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.

2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.


used to

From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”).

I used to be undecided, but now I’m sure.  I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do.  I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r".  It used to be me who ran the company.  There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall.

They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 2:

1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ABBA, The Winner Takes It All
But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?

When I was a kid I used to think it was all the same clouds that kept coming by.

1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94:

2002, David I. Grossvogel, Didn't You Used to Be Depardieu?:

2003, G. E. Kruckeberg, Things My Daddy Used to Say:

(temporal location) Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did.

use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as 曾經 /曾经 (céngjīng)

use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger

in formal style also pflegte zu + infinitive

past tense of היה + present participle or present tense with an optional indication of a past time such as פעם (pá'am)

use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or use the imperfect of soleō + the infinitive of the verb that follows

use the past iterative tense of the verb that follows

زمانی (zamâni) (or synonyms) + imperfect

قدیما (qadimâ) (or synonyms) + imperfect

use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or imperfect of costumar followed by infinitive

obișnui (in the imperfect) + să + (verb in the subjunctive)

ра́ньше (ránʹše) or use приходи́лось (prixodílosʹ) + infinitive

use the imperfect tense of the verb (for states or actions) that follows or imperfect tense of soler + infinitive (only for actions)

use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or the imperfect of arfer followed by the verbal noun

in the colloquial language use the imperfect or conditional of bod plus yn


from dusk to dawn

Roos and wallabies often leap onto roads, particularly from dusk to dawn; keep your speed under 70km/h at these times.

2005, Paul Smitz, Carolyn Bain, Sandra Bao, Susannah Farfor, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 745:

(temporal location) At night, nighttime.


back in the day

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I wanted to do a song that epitomizes the feeling and vibe from back in the day while still being current.

1995 April 8, Havelock Nelson, quoting Jemini, “Mercury Debut Rapper Jemini Proudly Displays All His ‘Scars’”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 14, Nielsen Business Media, →ISSN, page 18:

Sean May played like they did back in the day, kind of like 29 long years ago, when his father led Indiana to a national championship in 1976.

2005 April 5, Joe Lapointe, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; North Carolina's Leader Does His Father Proud”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2010-06-27:

Ah, back in the day. After stumbling out of the service entrance, and wandering to the beach to swim off our buzz, we would barefoot it down the beach to the Outrigger, where Mr. Don would sometimes do a cameo at the microphone.

2009, Everett Peacock, The Parrot Talks in Chocolate, Everett Peacock, →ISBN, page 31:

(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).


midnightmare

"Minnie — " I tried again, but what issued from my throat was that sound we all make, midnightmare, somewhere between a growl and a silent scream.

1991, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, page 61:

Will tried to convince himself that he had the life he deserved. That it was restful not having to put up a front all the time. Knowing he wasn't disturbing Dinah's sleep when he woke midnightmare, shouting.

2007, Janice Kay Johnson, Christmas Presents and Past, page 230:


mid-nightmare

His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare.

2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82:


എന്നിട്ട്

head

എന്നിട്ട് • (enniṭṭŭ)


ozaman

Univerbation of o + zaman. Compare Turkish o zaman.