my.
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
Meaning & usage
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
Where this word comes from
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.
Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
My, you’re a pretty one!
Where this word comes from
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my God.
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