I

I · pronoun

imported

Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

    Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the subject of a verb.

  2. 2.

    (philosophy) The self; the ego.

Related words

See also: me, my, myself, we

Etymology

From Old English "ic" (I), from Proto-Germanic "ek," from Proto-Indo-European "éǵh₂" (I). The modern spelling with a capital letter developed in the 13th century, likely for clarity in handwritten texts where a lowercase "i" could be confused with other strokes. English is unusual among languages in capitalizing the first-person singular pronoun.