each

Meanings

Adverb

• For one; apiece; per.

Pronoun

• Every one/thing individually or one by one.

Noun

• An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

Origin

• From Middle English eche, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwylċ, from Proto-Germanic *aiwô + *ga- + *hwilīkaz. Compare Scots ilk, elk, Saterland Frisian älk, West Frisian elk, elts, Dutch elk, Low German elk, ellik, German Low German elk, elke, German jeglich.