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detEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English every English every Inherited from Middle English every, everich, everych, from Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ. By surface analysis, ever + each or ever + which.
- inherited from ǣfre ǣlċ,ǣfre ǣġhwelċ
- inherited from every,everich,everych
Definitions
All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
- Every person in the room stood and cheered.
- She watches my every move.
Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a…
Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
- We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
- The alarm is going off every few minutes.
- Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.
Denotes an abundance of something.
- We wish you every happiness in the future.
- He shows every sign of becoming an excellent player. I have every confidence in him.
- There is every reason why we shouldn't.
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A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
a chicken in every pot, any and every, a sucker is born every minute, at church every time the doors are open, at church every time the doors swing open, at every turn, behind every great man is a great woman, behind every great man there stands a woman, behind every successful man there stands a woman, call someone every name in the book, down to every move on the board, each and every, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while, every accusation is a confession, every bit, every body, everybody, every cloud has a silver lining, everycunt, every dark cloud has a silver lining, every-day, everyday, every day, every day is a school day, every day of the week, every day of the week and twice on Sunday, every day of the week and twice on Sundays, every dog has his day, every dog has its day, every dog must have his day, every dog must have its day, everydude, everyfur, everygirl, every good boy deserves favor, every good boy deserves favour, every good boy deserves food, every good boy deserves fudge, every good boy deserves fun · +99 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for every. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA