Where does “imself” come from?

imself (Jamaican Creole) comes from English himself, from Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum.

imself (Jamaican Creole): himself, herself

Definitions

  1. himself, herself

Ancestry of “imself”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhimselfHim; He; The subject or non-reflexive object of a...
2Middle Englishhymselfhimself
3Old Englishhim selfum—
Every word from Old English him selfum →Every word from Middle English hymself →Every word from English himself →