my

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Belonging to or connected with me.

   I can't find my book anywhere.

2. 2
   intj

   Used to express surprise, shock, or amazement.

   My, what big teeth you have!

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.

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