Me
pronounThe objective form of the first-person singular pronoun, used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to the speaker.
How to spell me
2 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce me
What does me mean?
- pronounThe objective form of the first-person singular pronoun, used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to the speaker.
Me in a sentence
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The manager handed me the new contract to review.
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Please send the invoice directly to me by Friday.
Where does me come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is one of the oldest words in the language, the object form of the first-person pronoun, descending directly from Old English 'me', which served as both the accusative and dative of 'ic' (the ancestor of modern 'I'). It traces back through Proto-Germanic 'mi' to the Proto-Indo-European root 'me', the same ancient first-person element that surfaces in Latin 'me', Greek 'eme', and Sanskrit 'mam'. Because it is part of the core grammatical machinery of English rather than a borrowing, it has stayed remarkably stable in form for well over a thousand years. The closely related possessive 'my' and 'mine' grew from the very same root, which is why they all begin with the same letter. Few words in English have travelled such a short distance in spelling across so many centuries.
How the word is built
- me (Old English accusative/dative form of the first-person pronoun, a single unanalysable root with no prefix or suffix)
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