soi

French

pron
Definitions
  • one
  • oneself
  • (dated) himself, herself, itself

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sei inherited from Latin sē (apart, herself, itself, without, himself, themselves, apart from, astray, aside, by itself) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swé

Gloss

self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

自, 己

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