something
English
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/, /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/, /ˈsamθɪŋ/
pron
Definitions
- An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
- (colloquial) A quality to a moderate degree.
- (colloquial) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
- (colloquial) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English somthing derived from Old English sum þing (some thing) compound from English some (body) + English thing.
Origin
English
thing
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Somethingism English
- anything English
- everything English
- husting English
- macrosome English
- manthing English
- nonthing English
- nothing English
- othersome English
- plaything English
- some English
- somebody English
- someday English
- somedays English
- somedeal English
- someplace English
- somesuch English
- somethingness English
- somethingth English
- sometime English
- someway English
- someways English
- somewhat English
- somewhence English
- somewhere English
- somewhile English
- somewhither English
- somewhy English
- thing English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- twenty English
- twentysomething English
- underthing English
- werething English
- nawiht Old English
- sum þing Old English
- āwiht Old English
- some Middle English
- somthing Middle English
- thing Middle English
- owt Scots
- sampela Tok Pisin
- samting Tok Pisin
- samfala Pijin
- ting Nigerian Pidgin
- some
- thing
- thingo
- thingy
- twenty
- someway
- thingal
- thinger
- husting
- thingly
- nothing
- somewhy
- someday
- thingie
- manthing
- somewhat
- somesuch
- anything
- thinglet
- someways
- sometime
- thingish
- somedays
- nonthing
- somedeal
- somebody
- thingify
- plaything
- othersome
- someplace
- somewhile
- macrosome
- werething
- somewhere
- thinglike
- thingness
- thinghood
- somewhence
- underthing
- thinginess
- everything
- somethingth
- somewhither
- Somethingism
- somethingness
- thingification
- twentysomething