Etymology

thon

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Today it means: they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Full definition →

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thon · pronoun1

Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one. Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun).

thon · adjective2

Alteration of yon due to the influence of this and that.

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