herself
English
/hɜːˈsɛlf/, /hɝˈsɛlf/
pron
Definitions
- (reflexive pronoun) Her;
- (emphatic) She;
- (Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others
Etymology
Suffix from English her.
Origin
English
her
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- her English
- herness English
- hers English
- whatshername English
- here Middle English