Where does “himselves” come from?

himselves (English) comes from English Him, from Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic himmai — dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz.

himselves (English): Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self

Definitions

  1. Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self

Ancestry of “himselves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHimHonorific alternative letter-case form of him,...
2Middle EnglishhimThird-person singular masculine pronoun...
3Old Englishhimdative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of...
4Proto-Germanichimmaidative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz
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