your Meaning, Definition & Usage

Your pronoun & adjective

Etymology

OE. your, our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, ge, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwer, G. euer, Icel. ythar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. *189. See You.

Definitions

1. The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you. ✍ The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. "An old fellow of yours." Chaucer.