Etymology Journal ยท B
Back yonder
Meaning
- A term used to refer to a place or a time that is a good distance away. It carries a sense of rural charm and indefinite timing or location.
Folksy, warm
Used in a sentence
- I saw him walking back yonder past the old barn.
- We lived in a little house back yonder before the war.
- You will find the garden path back yonder near the creek.
The backstory
This is a contraction of back and yonder, where yonder has served as a directional term for distant but visible things since Middle English.
Heard in
The South, Appalachia
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