thou C2+ Topic:Grammar & Function Words US /ðaʊ/ UK /ðaʊ/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like vow /ð/ vs /v/ Sounds like dao /ð/ vs /d/ Meanings 1 pron archaic second-person singular pronoun meaning you Thou art the fairest of them all, the mirror replied. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 pron · archaic second-person... youthee Word family Forms thinethou’rtthy Derived forms theethythine Related forms theethythinethyself Etymology AI details From Old English thu, from Proto-Germanic *thu, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu. thu Old English *thu Proto-Germanic *tu Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # thou **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** pron **IPA (US):** /ðaʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ðaʊ/ ## Meanings 1. archaic second-person singular pronoun meaning you ## Examples - Thou art the fairest of them all, the mirror replied. ## Synonyms - you - thee ## Derived Forms - thee - thy - thine ## Related Forms - thee - thy - thine - thyself ## Roots and Affixes - Root: thu - Root: *thu - Root: *tu ## Etymology From Old English thu, from Proto-Germanic *thu, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu. ## AI Etymology Thou is from Old English thu, from Proto-Germanic *thu, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu. Important recorded forms include thu (Old English), *thu (Proto-Germanic), and *tu (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers archaic second-person singular pronoun meaning you. The wider family includes derived forms such as thee, thy, and thine and related words such as thee, thy, thine, and thyself. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words - Register & Style markdown