Where does “Him” come from?
Him comes from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic himmai, a dative form of the third-person masculine pronoun.
Him (English): A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object;...
Definitions
- A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object;...
Ancestry of “Him”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Him | Honorific alternative letter-case form of him,... |
| 2 | Middle English | him | Third-person singular masculine pronoun... |
| 3 | Old English | him | dative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | himmai | dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz |