self
Pronunciation: /sɛlf/
“self” is a Middle English word. Its 6 meanings in English:
adjective
- (very/self) same, (the) aforementioned
- Intensifies the pronoun or noun it follows or precedes; very
- own
pronoun
- themself, themselves; a reflexive pronoun
- that, this
noun
- same thing, (the) aforementioned thing
Etymology
Inherited from Old English self, from Proto-West Germanic *selb, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.
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