each other

Meaning

Pronoun

• To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:

Related

Similar words

• one another

Origin

• From Middle English ech other, yche othere, ich othir, eche other, ilk oþer, from Old English ǣlċ ōþer, equivalent to each + other. Cognate with Scots ilk other,
• West Frisian elkoar, Dutch elkander, elkaar.