## Meanings
1. Not the one and not the other of two things or people.
2. Not either one of two things or people.
3. Used with "nor" to join two negative ideas.
4. Used to say that something is also not true.

## Examples
- Neither answer was correct.
- I tried on both shirts, but neither fit properly.
- Neither you nor I want to go.
- She doesn't like coffee, and neither do I.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ey-
- Root: neiþer
- Root: nāwþer

## Etymology
Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

## AI Etymology
Neither alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-, Middle English neiþer, and Old English nāwþer. Modern senses include not the one and not the other of two things or people and not either one of two things or people.

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