He
pronounThe third-person singular subject pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.
How to spell he
2 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce he
What does he mean?
- pronounThe third-person singular subject pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.
He in a sentence
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He arrived at the office before anyone else this morning.
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When the manager called, he promised to send the report by noon.
Where does he come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is one of the oldest words in English, descending directly from the Old English masculine pronoun 'he', which already meant 'this man' or 'the male one being spoken of'. It traces back through the Proto-Germanic stem 'hi-' to a Proto-Indo-European demonstrative root that meant something like 'this' or 'here', the same root that gives us words pointing to nearby things. Unlike most English vocabulary, it was never borrowed; it has simply been spoken in an unbroken line for well over a thousand years. Because it is so frequently used, its spelling stayed short and stable while many longer words shifted dramatically. The simple two letter form makes it one of the few words almost no adult ever misspells.
How the word is built
- he (a single unanalysable Old English pronoun root, no prefix or suffix)
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