you

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   The person or people being spoken to, as the subject of a sentence.

   You are all supposed to do as I tell you.

2. 2
   pron

   The person or people being spoken to, as the object of a sentence.

   Both of you should get ready now.

3. 3
   pron

   People in general; anyone.

   You get a lot of rude drivers in big cities.

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural). Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “yo…

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