| 【I】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "ic." It carries the basic meaning of "I." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "I, me"]
I ****[14] the person who is speaking or writing
me ****[57] used to refer to the speaker as the indirect object or direct object of a verb
myself ****[637] the person who is speaking or writing: used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to yourself after you have already been mentioned
[WORD ROOT]root I
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] I, me, mine, my
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) ic
[MEANING]root I, me
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 ic [from Proto-Germanic *ek ] (the first person singular nominative pronoun) I
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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I ★★★★[14] pronoun from I
【DEFINITION】 ① the person who is speaking or writing
② used as the subject of a verb compare ME MINE MY WE Usage see:me:1
【ROOTs】 I; I
【Etymology】 《Old English ic》 [from Proto-Germanic *ek ] (the first person singular nominative pronoun) I
me ★★★★[57] pronoun
【DEFINITION】 ① used to refer to the speaker as the indirect object or direct object of a verb
② used to refer to the speaker as the object of a preposition
【ROOTs】 me(I); I
【Etymology】 《Old English me》 (dative) oblique cases of I
myself ★★★★[637] from self
【DEFINITION】 ① the person who is speaking or writing: used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to yourself after you have already been mentioned
② the person who is speaking or writing: used for emphasis to refer again to yourself after you have already been mentioned
③ my normal or healthy self
【COMPOSITION】 my + self
【ROOTs】 ⑴ my(I); I ⑵ self; self
【Etymology】 《Old English sylf》 one's own person, -self; own, same
Other words containing "I, me"; mine, my
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
hypo
hus, house
humor, humid
hum
how
host-, hospit
hope
honor
homin, human
hold
