himself A2 Topic:Grammar & Function Words Also spelled enself and hisself US /hɪmˈsɛlf/ See IPA manual Freq #574 Meanings 1 pron Used when the man or boy doing an action is also affected by it. He injured himself while playing football. 2 pron Used to emphasise that a particular man or boy, and no one else, did something. The president himself answered the letter. Thesaurus Synonyms hisselfhissen Word family Forms hisselnisself Related forms heherherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshis Etymology AI details From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self. hymself Middle English him selfum Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # himself **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** pron **IPA (US):** /hɪmˈsɛlf/ **Frequency rank:** 574 ## Meanings 1. Used when the man or boy doing an action is also affected by it. 2. Used to emphasise that a particular man or boy, and no one else, did something. ## Examples - He injured himself while playing football. - The president himself answered the letter. ## Synonyms - hisself - hissen ## Related Forms - he - her - herselfhersen - hershern - him - himselfhisselfhissen - his - hishisn - ime - ithit - itselfhitself - itshis ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hymself - Root: him selfum ## Etymology From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self. ## AI Etymology Himself comes from Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern modern form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Used when the man or boy doing an action is also affected by it” and “Used to emphasise that a particular man or boy, and no one else, did something”. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown