y'allselves

pronoun

Yourselves.

OriginEnglish y'all ← Middle English all ← Old English eall →
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Meanings

pronoun
  1. USnonstandardrareYourselves.

    I know both of y’all better than y’all know y’allselves.

    1996: James Earl Hardy, 2 ⁿᵈ Time Around, p104
    3 more examples

    Thus, the list is Bill Varnedoe (NSS 3160) Field Trip Coordinator tailored both for the “do-it-y’allselves” cavers and for the convention field-trippers.

    1958, National Speleological Society, NSS News, page 65

    “Oh, yeah, I’ll do that. And y’all take care of y’allselves. —And write me.”

    1980, Samuel Wheat, Melting Pot: A Novel, page 137

    Y’all worms call y’allselves soldiers? Y’all still wet behind the ears from being coddled by your mamas!

    2005, J. C. Arlington, A Red Horse Rode Out, page 17

Origin

  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. Englishy'allselves

From y'all + -selves.

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APA

y'allselves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'allselves

MLA

“y'allselves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'allselves. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “y'allselves,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'allselves.

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