Etymology

itself

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Today it means: it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject Full definition →

Middle English hit-self
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromhit-self
  2. English todayitself

From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.