any

Meanings

Adverb

• To even the slightest extent, at all.

Pronoun

• Any thing(s) or person(s).

Origin

• From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz ("one"), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich, West Frisian iennich, Dutch enig ("any, some"), German Low German enig, German einig ("some").