either

Meanings

Pronoun

• One or the other of two people or things.
• Both, each of two or more.

Adverb

• As well.

Related

Similar words

• both, each

Origin

• From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-Germanic, ultimately corresponding to ay + whether. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder).