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English word origin

Etymology of me

From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me

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As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb. · Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. · Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. · As the object of a preposition.

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From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”.

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Source etymology 1 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.

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

From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
det

Alternative form of my.

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

A spelling representing the pronunciation (/miː/), which is the older pronunciation (see Middle English mi (“my”); Middle English me (“me”) was pronounced /meː/, similar to modern May); the Great Vowel Shift in the Middle Ages changed /iː/ to /aɪ/, but some dialects retained or reinnovated /iː/ in this word.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.

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

From mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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  • Derivation mentionmiit
  • Derivation mentionmīrala
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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
pron

Indefinite pronoun (usually singular); one; you; they; someone.

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

From Middle English me, an unstressed phonetic reduction of men, man (pronouns; q. v.). Compare German man (“one, you”, indefinite pronoun).

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  • Cognate mentionmande
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