Etymology of each

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Unnumbered source etymology

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pron

Every one/thing individually or one by one.

adv

For one; apiece; per. · Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.

noun

An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

det

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English ech English each From Middle English ech, eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

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Root classification mention*h₂ey-ine-pro
Root classification mention*kʷ-ine-pro
Root classification mention*leyg-ine-pro
Inherited-form mentionechenm
Inherited-form mentionǣlċang
Cognate mentionilksco
Cognate mentionälkstq · each
Cognate mentionelkfy
Cognate mentionelknl · each
Cognate mentionelknds
Cognate mentionjeglicherde · any

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