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Old English eower, possessive pronominal adjective, genitive of ge "ye" (see ye), from Proto-Germanic base of you. Cognate with Old Saxon iuwar, Old Frisian iuwer, Old Norse yðvarr, Old High German iuwer, German euer, Gothic izwar "your." Used in titles of honor by mid-14c.

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ye (pron.)

Old English ge, nominative plural of 2nd person pronoun þu (see thou); cognate with Old Frisian ji, Old Saxon gi, Middle Dutch ghi, Dutch gij. Cognate with Lithuanian jūs, Sanskrit yuyam, Avestan yuzem, Greek hymeis.

Altered, by influence of we, from an earlier form that was similar to Gothic jus "you (plural)" (see you). The -r- in Old Norse er, German ihr probably is likewise from influence of their respective 1st person plural pronouns (Old Norse ver, German wir).

you (pron.)

Old English eow, dative and accusative plural of þu (see thou), objective case of ge, "ye" (see ye), from Proto-Germanic *juz-, *iwwiz (source also of Old Norse yor, Old Saxon iu, Old Frisian iuwe, Middle Dutch, Dutch u, Old High German iu, iuwih, German euch), from PIE *yu, second person (plural) pronoun.

Pronunciation of you and the nominative form ye gradually merged from 14c.; the distinction between them passed out of general usage by 1600. Widespread use of French in England after 12c. gave English you the same association as French vous, and it began to drive out singular nominative thou, originally as a sign of respect (similar to the "royal we") when addressing superiors, then equals and strangers, and ultimately (by c. 1575) becoming the general form of address. Through 13c. English also retained a dual pronoun ink "you two; your two selves; each other."

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yours

absolutive form of your, c. 1300, on model of his, ours, etc. Yours truly "myself" is from 1833, from the common subscription of letters. It is difficult to say what will succeed, and still more to pronounce what will not. I am at this moment in that uncertainty (on our own scor

white-collar

The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men....

german

Your cousin-german (also first cousin) is the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; your children and your first cousins are...second cousins to one another; to you, your first cousin's children are first cousins once removed....

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I doe not slight your act in the discovery, But your imposture, sir, and beastly practise Was before whisper'd to me...by your Doctor To save his Epididamies Related: Epididymal....

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The custom of wearing it is based on a literal reading of scripture: Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart...and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes....

bet

It has been used since mid-19c. in various American English slang assertions (bet your life, 1848; bet your boots, 1856;...

twitterpated

For example: You're walking along, minding your own business....Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air....You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head! Thumper: Gosh, that's awful....

Arab

"one of the native people of Arabia and surrounding regions," late 14c. (Arabes, a plural form), from Old French Arabi, from Latin Arabs (accusative Arabem), from Greek Araps (genitive Arabos), from Arabic 'arab, indigenous name of the people, perhaps literally "inhabitant of the

incarceration

"fact of being imprisoned," 1530s, from Medieval Latin incarcerationem (nominative incarceratio), noun of action from past-participle stem of incarcerare "to imprison," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + carcer "prison, an enclosed space," from Proto-Italic *kar-kr(o)-, whi

intimate

1630s, "closely acquainted, very familiar," also "inmost, intrinsic," from Late Latin intimatus, past participle of intimare "make known, announce, impress," from Latin intimus "inmost, innermost, deepest" (adj.), also used figuratively, of affections, feelings, and as a noun, "c

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