his

English

/ˈhɪz/, /ˈhɘz/, /ɪ̈z/, /əz/

determiner
Definitions
  • Belonging to him.
  • (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
  • (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
  • (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English his inherited from Old English his (its, his) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hes (of this), *hiz (this, this one) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (here, demonstrative particle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱe-

Gloss

here, demonstrative particle

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