my

Meaning

Interjection

• Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.

Origin

• From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn ("my, mine"), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz ("my, mine") (possessive of *ek), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos ("my; mine").
• Cognate with West Frisian myn ("my"), Afrikaans my ("my"), Dutch mijn ("my"), German mein ("my"), Swedish min ("my"). More at me.
• An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord