Etymology

y'allself

Today it means: Yourselves. Full definition →

English y'all ← Middle English all ← Old English eall
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  1. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  3. Old Englishēow
  4. Middle Englishyow
  5. Englishyou
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  8. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*all
  10. Old Englisheall
  11. Middle Englishall
  12. Englishall
  13. Englishy'all
  14. English todayy'allself

From y'all + -self.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.