you

English

/jʉː/, /ju/

pron
Definitions
  • (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
  • (reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
  • (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee (thee); originally as a mark of respect.)
  • (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye (ye).)
  • (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
  • (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English you inherited from Old English ēow (Alas, Wo, sheep) derived from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (gem-pro, you) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yūs (you).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yūs

Gloss

you

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

君

Emoji

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