## Meanings
1. A thing that is not named or not known exactly.
2. To some degree; a little.
3. A special quality that is hard to describe.
4. An impressive or remarkable person or thing.

## Examples
- I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't remember what.
- The baby looks something like his father.
- She has a certain something that draws people to her.
- He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.

## Derived Forms
- somethingburger
- somethingism
- somethingness
- somethingth

## Related Forms
- anything
- everything
- nothing
- somebody
- someone
- somewhere
- thing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: somþyng
- Root: sum

## Etymology
From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

## AI Etymology
Something is from Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English somþyng, Old English sum. In current use it includes senses such as A thing that is not named or not known exactly and To some degree; a little.

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