Etymology

yous

Y4O1U1S1

Today it means: You. Full definition →

First used 19th c.English you ← Middle English yow ← Old English ēow
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*yúHs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*uswé
  3. Proto-Indo-European*uswís
  4. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  6. Old Englishēow
  7. Middle Englishyow
  8. Englishyou
  9. English todayyous

From you + -s (plural suffix).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. You.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.