English

everyone

/ˈɛv.ɹiː.wʌn/
Every individual in a set; every person.

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    Origin

    An alteration of earlier everychone after every, from Middle English everichon. By surface analysis, every + one.

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    • partEnglishevery “All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishevery
        • partOld Englishǣfre “ever”
        • partOld Englishǣlċ
    • partEnglishone “The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishon
        • inheritedOld Englishon “in”
        • inheritedOld Englishān “one”
      • derivedEnglishA “The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.”
        • derivedMiddle Englishand
        • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
      • semantic loanMandarin的

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