such

Meanings

Pronoun

• A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.

Noun

• Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Origin

• From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz, equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik, Saterland Frisian suk, West Frisian suk, sok, Dutch zulk, Low German sölk, sulk, sülk, suk, German solch, Danish slig, Swedish slik, Icelandic slíkur. More at so, like.