My
determinerBelonging to or associated with the speaker.
How to spell my
2 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce my
What does my mean?
- determinerBelonging to or associated with the speaker.
My in a sentence
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My keys are on the kitchen counter.
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She left my umbrella on the train this morning.
Where does my come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This little word descends from the Old English min, which served as the possessive form of ic, the ancestor of modern 'I'. It traces back to a shared Germanic root that also gave German 'mein' and Dutch 'mijn', all meaning 'belonging to me'. Originally 'min' appeared in full before vowels and as the shortened 'mi' before consonants, much as 'mine' and 'my' split in modern English, where 'mine' stands alone and 'my' sits before a noun. Over the medieval period the trailing -n dropped away in the attributive form, leaving the compact two-letter 'my' we write today. It is among the most ancient and stable words in the language, and its spelling has been settled for centuries.
How the word is built
- my (Old English min, possessive of the first-person pronoun)
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