Me

/miː/ pronoun

Definition

Me is the word you use to refer to yourself as the object of a verb or preposition, as in 'They saw me' or 'to me'. It points back to the speaker.

Etymology

From Old English “mē”, from Proto-Germanic “mek” or “miz”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European “me-” meaning 'me'. It is one of the oldest and most stable words in the language. The form has changed very little over thousands of years.

Kelly Says

Tiny words like 'me' are among the oldest survivors in English—far older than most big fancy vocabulary. Linguists can trace versions of 'me' across dozens of languages back to a shared ancestor spoken thousands of years ago.

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