any

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Some amount or number of, used in questions and negatives.

   Do you have any milk left?

2. 2
   det

   One or more, no matter which; it does not matter which one.

   Choose any item you want.

3. 3
   pron

   Any person or thing out of a group.

   Take one of the books; any will do.

4. 4
   adv

   To any degree or amount; at all.

   This new phone isn't any better than the old one.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (…

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