Him
/hɪm/noun
Objective form of the third-person singular masculine pronoun.
Did you know?Him descends from a Proto-Indo-European pronoun root that also helped shape words for identity and personhood across dozens of languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kʷe-, *to- / pronominal stems
“Ancient pronoun roots used to mark persons and demonstratives”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*himma / *himmaʀ
“Dative and related masculine pronoun forms”
Old English
English
him
“Dative singular masculine/neuter pronoun: to him, for him”
Middle English
English
him
“Object form of the masculine third-person pronoun”
Modern English
English
him
“Objective form of the third-person singular masculine pronoun”