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oneself

pron
/wʌnˈsɛlf/

Etymology

A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one + -self.

  1. inherited from onen
  2. inherited from *h₁óynos✻ — “single, one”
  3. inherited from *ainaz✻ — “one”
  4. inherited from *ain✻
  5. inherited from ān — “one”
  6. inherited from oon
  7. suffixed as oneself — “one + -self”

Definitions

  1. A person's self

    A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.

    • Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.
    • If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oneself. 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