my
/maɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.57 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
det
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
det
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
det
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
det
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
pron
Alternative letter-case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
noun
Initialism of motor yacht (“diesel-driven yacht”).
Example Sentences
- "I can't find my book."
- "Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art."
- "My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable."
- "Don't you know my name?"
- "I recognised him because he had attended my school."
- "My parents won't let me go out tonight."
Etymology
From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mi, mīn, *mīn, *mīnaz, *méynos