Here
/hɪər/noun
In or at this place; also used to indicate presence or arrival.
Did you know?‘Here’ descends from a Proto-Germanic word also meaning “this place,” and it has been pointing humans to the present moment for thousands of years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱe
“This, here, at this place.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hēr
“Here, in this place.”
Old English
OE
hēr
“Here, in this place; at this time.”
Middle English
ME
her(e)
“Here, in this place.”
Modern English
English
here
“In or at this place; in this situation.”