his

Meanings

Pronoun

• That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
• Alternate spelling of His

Noun

• Plural of hi

Origin

• From Middle English his, from Old English his ("his; its"), from Proto-Germanic *hes ("of this"), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz ("this, this one"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey-. Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans ("his"). More at he; see also its.