us · pronoun, determiner, noun1
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥smé
- Proto-Germanic*uns
- Old Englishūs
- Middle Englishus
- English todayus
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
us · noun2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
US · proper noun3
Abbreviation of United States.
US · noun, adjective, proper noun4
Abbreviation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.