aye

Meanings

1. Ever, always.

1. Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
2. A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.

1. To respond with an "aye".

1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

1. Alternative spelling of ay (question tag).

1. Alternative spelling of ay: expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.
2. Used in aye aye.

1. Alternative spelling of eh.

1. A surname.

1. Abbreviation of Ayer Rajah Expressway.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Germanic *aiwazder. Old Norse eyder. Middle English ay English aye From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum. See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).