your

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Belonging to or connected with you.

   Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.

2. 2
   det

   Used to mean a typical or familiar example of something.

   He's not your average tourist — he speaks five languages.

From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).

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