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English word ago comes from Proto-Indo-European *uds-, and later Proto-Germanic *umbi ((with accusative) around, about.)
*uds- (Proto-Indo-European)
up, out
*uss- (Proto-Indo-European)
*umbi (Proto-Germanic)
(with accusative) around, about.
āgān (Old English)
agon (Middle English)
ago (English)
(archaic, or, dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.. (archaic, or, dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) Before now.