his

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Belonging to or connected with a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned.

   He put on his coat and left.

2. 2
   pron

   The one or ones belonging to him, used without a noun after it.

   This pen is his, and these books are his too.

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

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