Other forms: pronouns
A pronoun is a word standing in for a name, such as she or it. Personal pronouns, the right pronoun, share your pronouns.
English lost a useful one when thou disappeared, leaving you for both singular and plural, which is why dialects invent replacements like y'all. Sharing pronouns has become an ordinary courtesy in many workplaces.
1nounpronounA word standing in for a name, such as she or it.
“Use a pronoun here, so you don't say Maria three times in one sentence.”
pronoun is a word.
Latin pronomen is pro, for, plus nomen, a name, a translation of the Greek term.
Ancient Greek
ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ
Latin
pronomen
Middle French
pronom
English, today
pronoun
From pro- + noun. From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA