y'all

Usage frequency of y’all in the United States in 2003.[http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/states.html]

Meanings

Pronoun

  • Plural of you

Verb

  • To use the pronoun "y'all" (to).

Origin

  • . Attested since at least 1631. Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.

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