Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗det
The group spoken or written to. · Your pl; y'all's
verb
To use the pronoun "y'all" (to).
pron
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryYou (plural). · Everyone; everybody. · You (singular).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yúHs Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Middle English all English all English y'all Contraction of you all. Attested since at least 1631. Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.
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