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he

Pronunciation: /xeː/

“he” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
  2. they (singular) (denotes someone of unknown gender)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).

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