A breakdown of à demain

[TheunisHall]

If I have this correct à mean on, in or at.

Demain means tomorrow.

When put together and directly translated into English it is 'on tomorrow'. This reminds me of that old English saying 'on the morrow'; which means 'see you tomorrow'.

Is this right?

[HarryArmst3]

I think 'à' can be translated as 'until' so: à demain = until tomorrow!

[TheunisHall]

Oh okay. I made my assumptions from the mouse-over hint-box when I was asked the question. Duolingo gave on, in and at for 'à'. If until is part of the translation of 'à'; then that makes more sense.

[MarcD50]

Here, 'à' cannot mean 'on', nor 'at'. It means 'to'.

The archaic spelling of 'tomorrow' is 'to-morrow', which meant: 'to (the) morning'.

'Demain' comes from the Latin 'de mane', which means 'at/in the morning'. So 'à demain' means 'to the morning'.

[MarcD50]

And in case you wonder, 'au revoir' means 'to the re-seeing/to the seeing again'. For fun, we sometimes say: 'à la revoyure', which has the same meaning.