ago

/əˈɡəʊ/
/əˈɡoʊ/

adjective

  1. Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.

    "in days ago/in days agone"

  2. Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

    "Woe the day- she is agone!"

adverb

  1. Before