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Definition you

Etymology

From Middle English you, yow, ?ow (object case of ye), from Old English ?ow, ?ow (“you”, dative case of ??), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *j?z), Western form of *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *j?z), from Proto-Indo-European *y?s (“you”, plural), *y??. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin v?s (“you”), Avestan ??‎ (v?, “you”).

See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with archaic Swedish I.

Pronoun

you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)

  1. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. [from 9th c.]
  2. (reflexive, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. [from 9th c.]
  3. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]
  4. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.) [from 14th c.]
  5. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.) [from 15th c.]
  6. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]

Determiner

you

  1. The individual or group spoken or written to.
  2. Used before epithets for emphasis.

Verb

you (third-person singular simple present yous, present participle youing, simple past and past participle youed)

  1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.

Results 373 Words with the letters YOU

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BAYOU 11
BOUSY 11
BUOYS 11
COYPU 14
GOUTY 10
GUYOT 10
MOUSY 11
OUTBY 11
POUTY 11
POYOU 11
ROUPY 11
SHOYU 10
SOUPY 11
SOYUZ 17
UNCOY 12
YOUNG 11
YOUTH 10
YUPON 12
4 letter words with the letters YOU 
BUOY 10
YOUR 7
YOUS 7
3 letter words with the letters YOU 
YOU 6
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OY 4
YO 4

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