your

US /jɔɹ/ · /jɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology 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”).

Derived terms

63 terms

a plague o' both your houses, a plague on both your houses, a pox on both your houses, beat your neighbour, black as your hat, Bob is your uncle, Bob's your father's brother, Bob's your mother's brother, Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt, build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, did my back hurt your knife, don't count your chickens before they've hatched, don't worry your pretty little head, flat as your hat, for your eyes only, go back to your country, how's your hammer hanging, kill your idols, kiss your sister, more grease to your elbow, more power to your elbow, my culture is not your costume, pick-your-own, Robert is your father's brother, Robert is your mother's brother, Robert is your uncle, Robert's your mother's brother, Robert's your uncle, save the drama for your momma, saving your presence, saving your reverence, take your change out of that, take your oil, the sky will fall on your head, up your ass, use your words, what color is your Bugatti, whatever butters your biscuit, whatever butters your biscuits, whatever butters your bread, whatever butters your muffin, whatever butters your toast, whatever humps your camel, whatever melts your butter, whatever sizzles your bacon, whatever tickles your pickle, whatever winds your clock, what is your problem, what's your game, what's your poison, what's your problem, who took the jam out of your doughnut, who was your servant last year, you got a mouse in your purse, you kiss your father with that mouth, you kiss your grandfather with that mouth, your barn door is open, your guys's, Your Imperial Highness, Your Lordship, your place or mine, your point being, Your Serene Highness

Related terms

54 terms

Ime, me, myselfmemysen, mine, mymineme, we, us, ourselvesourselfoursen, oursourn, our, you, yourselfyoursen, yoursyourn, thou, thee, thyselftheeselfthysen, thine, thythine, youye, yourselves, you ally'all you guys yous, y'allselves, all yours y'all's you guys' your guys', all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys', he, him, himselfhisselfhissen, hishisn, his, she, her, herselfhersen, hershern, ithit, itselfhitself, itshis, itshishits, they, them, themself, themselves, theirs, their, one, oneself, –, one's, themhem, 'em, themselvestheirsen, theirstheirn, The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun, including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete, archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.