both

Meaning

Pronoun

• Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

Origin

• From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā and Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee, West Frisian beide, Dutch beide ("both"), German beide ("both"), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen.