出典:Wiktionary
Compound of yester- + year. Coined by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1869 in his translation "Ballad Of Dead Ladies", to translate Middle French antan (“last year”) (in Ballad 1 of François Villon's Testament).
yesteryear (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 yesteryears)
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/12/21 05:12 UTC 版)
the past
a period that is about ten years before the period under discussion
大昔のこと
前回は
ずっと前のこと
とっくの昔に.
昔々.
from ancient times