Etymology of it

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pron

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing. · A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender. · A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person. · An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.

noun

One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. · The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. · A game of tag. · A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.

det

Its.

adj

Most fashionable, popular, or in vogue.

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

From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; here”). Cognates Cognate with Yola it, t', yt (“it”), North Frisian at, et, 't (“it”), Saterland Frisian et (“it”), West Frisian it (“it”), Dutch het (“it”), Luxembourgish hatt (“her, it, she”), Elfdalian eð (“it”); also Primitive Irish ᚕᚑᚔ (koi, “here”), Latin cis (“short of; before”), hic (“this”), Greek εκείνος (ekeínos, “that; those”). Compare Cimbrian es, is, 's, 'z (“it”), German es, 's (“it, there”), Mòcheno and Vilamovian s (“it”), Yiddish עס (es, “it”), Faroese ið (“that, which, who”), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰 (ita, “it”), which instead descends from Proto-Germanic *it (“it”). More at he.

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Inherited-form mentionitenm
Cognate mentionhiten · it
Inherited-form mentionhitang · it
Inherited-form mention*hitgmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*hitgem-pro · this, this one
Derivation mention*ḱeine-pro · here; here
Cognate mentionityol
Cognate mentionatfrr
Cognate mentionetstq · it
Cognate mentionitfy · it
Cognate mentionhetnl · it
Cognate mentionhattlb · her, it, she
Cognate mentioneðovd · it
Cognate mentionᚕᚑᚔpgl · here
Cognate mentioncisla · short of; before
Cognate mentionεκείνοςel · that; those
Cognate mentionescim
Cognate mentionesde
Cognate mentionעסyi · it
Cognate mentioniðfo · that, which, who
Cognate mention𐌹𐍄𐌰got · it
Non-cognate comparison*itgem-pro · it

This page abbreviates 15 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

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