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links • https://craigbsmiling.link/8/6/2022 (https://craigbsmiling.link/8/6/2022) = Numerology • https://craigbsmiling.link/youknow (https://craigbsmiling.link/youknow)= link to this page page 1 580 entries found. you (pron.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/you#etymonline_v_4985)Old English eow, dative and accusative plural of þu (see thou)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/thou?ref=etymonline_crossreference), objective case of ge, "ye" (see ye)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/ye?ref=etymonline_crossreference), from Proto-Germanic *juz-, *iwwiz (source also of Old Norse yor, Old Saxon iu, Old Frisian iuwe, Middle Dutch, Dutch u, Old High German iu, iuwih, German euch), from PIE *yu, second person (plural) pronoun. Pronunciation of you and the nominative form ye gradually merged from 14c.; the distinction between them passed out of general usage by 1600. Widespread use of French in England after 12c. gave English you the same association as French vous, and it began to drive out singular nominative thou, originally as a sign of respect (similar to the "royal we") when addressing superiors, then equals and strangers, and ultimately (by c. 1575) becoming the general form of address. Through 13c. English also retained a dual pronoun ink "you two; your two selves; each other." Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/you#etymonline_v_4985)Advertisement know (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_42994)"inside information," 1883, in in the know, from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) Earlier it meant "knowledge, fact of knowing" (1590s). Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_42994)know (v.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_1920)Old English cnawan (class VII strong verb; past tense cneow, past participle cnawen), "perceive a thing to be identical with another," also "be able to distinguish" generally (tocnawan); "perceive or understand as a fact or truth" (opposed to believe); "know how (to do something)," from Proto-Germanic *knew- (source also of Old High German bi-chnaan, ir-chnaan "to know"), from PIE root *gno- (https://www.etymonline.com/word/*gno-?ref=etymonline_crossreference)"to know." For pronunciation, see kn-.(https://www.etymonline.com/word/kn-?ref=etymonline_crossreference) Once widespread in Germanic, the verb is now retained there only in English, where it has widespread application, covering meanings that require two or more verbs in other languages (such as German wissen, kennen, erkennen and in part können; French connaître "perceive, understand, recognize," savoir "have a knowledge of, know how;" Latin scire "to understand, perceive," cognoscere "get to know, recognize;" Old Church Slavonic znaja, vemi). The Anglo-Saxons also used two distinct words for this, the other being witan (see wit (https://www.etymonline.com/word/wit?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_10797)(v.)). From c. 1200 as "to experience, live through." Meaning "to have sexual intercourse with," also found in other modern languages, is attested from c. 1200, from the Old Testament (Genesis iv.1). Attested from 1540s in colloquial phrases suggesting cunning or savvy (but often in the negative); to not know one's ass from one's elbow is from 1930. As far as (one) knows "to the best of (one's) knowledge" is late 14c. Expression God knows is from c. 1400. To know too much (to be allowed to live, escape, etc.) is from 1872. To know better "to have learned from experience" is from 1704. You know as a parenthetical filler is from 1712, but it has roots in 14c. You know as a euphemism for a thing or situation unmentionable is from 1867; you-know-who for a person it is thought best not to name (but implying the hearer knows) is from 1840. As an expression of surprise, what do you know attested by 1914. Don't I know it in the opposite sense ("you need not tell me") is from 1874. You never know as a response to something unexpected is attested from 1924. Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_1920)thank you (https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank%20you#etymonline_v_39146)polite formula used in acknowledging a favor, c. 1400, short for I thank you (see thank)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank?ref=etymonline_crossreference). As a noun, from 1792. Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank%20you#etymonline_v_39146)know-how (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-how#etymonline_v_35324)also knowhow, "technical expertise," 1838, American English, from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) + how (https://www.etymonline.com/word/how?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_14511)(adv.). Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-how#etymonline_v_35324)Advertisement know-nothing (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-nothing#etymonline_v_35393)1827, "ignoramus," from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) + nothing.(https://www.etymonline.com/word/nothing?ref=etymonline_crossreference) As a U.S. nativist political party, active 1853-56, the name refers to the secret society at the core of the party, about which members were instructed to answer, if asked about it, that they "know nothing." The party eventually merged into the Republican Party. Related: Know-nothingism. Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-nothing#etymonline_v_35393)know-it-all (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-it-all#etymonline_v_51732)"one deemed (over)full of information or correct answers," 1895, from verbal phrase; see know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.). Earlier in the same sense was know-all (1862); and Mr. Know-All was a minor character in Bunyan's "The Holy War" (1682). Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-it-all#etymonline_v_51732)savvy (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/savvy#etymonline_v_22803)1785, slang, "practical sense, intelligence, knowledge of the world;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" a West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous)? "do you know?" or Spanish sabe (usted) "you know," the verb in both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise, be knowing" (see sapient)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/sapient?ref=etymonline_crossreference). The adjective, of persons, is attested by 1905, from the noun. Related: Savvily; savviness. Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/savvy#etymonline_v_22803)twitterpated (adj.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitterpated#etymonline_v_39810)1942, apparently first attested in the Walt Disney movie "Bambi" (there also was a song by that name but it was not in the studio release of the film), a past-participle adjective formed from twitter (https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitter?ref=etymonline_crossreference)in the "tremulous excitement" noun sense (1670s) + pate (https://www.etymonline.com/word/pate?ref=etymonline_crossreference)(n.2) "head" (compare flutterpated, 1894). Thumper: Why are they acting that way? Friend Owl: Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated. Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated? Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head! Thumper: Gosh, that's awful. Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitterpated#etymonline_v_39810)spaz (n.) (https://www.etymonline.com/word/spaz#etymonline_v_38437)also spazz, by 1959, U.S. teen slang phrase, typically in later use a put-down, apparently a derogatory shortening of spastic (https://www.etymonline.com/word/spastic?ref=etymonline_crossreference)(n.). Also used as a verb, by 1972, often with out (adv.). Related: Spazzed; spazzing. My Daddy is a regular spaz. You don't know what a spaz is? Let me tell you. A spaz is a guy who's completely out of this world—but I mean, completely. [Parade Magazine, March 1, 1959] [Y]our teen-aged daughter asks what you think of her "shades," which you are canny enough to know are her sunglasses, and you say, "cool," and she says, "oh dad, what a spaz!" [Russell Baker column, April 13, 1965] Related entries & more (https://www.etymonline.com/word/spaz#etymonline_v_38437)Next(https://www.etymonline.com/search?page=2&q=you%20know&type=) Advertisement Trending words • 1. slang • 2. bear • 3. rhyme • 4. bar • 5. spaz • 6. dinosaur • 7. understand • 8. hospital • 9. community • 10. morning you (pron.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/you#etymonline_v_4985) • Old English eow, dative and accusative plural of þu (see thou)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/thou?ref=etymonline_crossreference), objective case of ge, "ye" (see ye)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/ye?ref=etymonline_crossreference), from Proto-Germanic *juz-, *iwwiz (source also of Old Norse yor, Old Saxon iu, Old Frisian iuwe, Middle Dutch, Dutch u, Old High German iu, iuwih, German euch), from PIE *yu, second person (plural) pronoun. • Pronunciation of you and the nominative form ye gradually merged from 14c.; the distinction between them passed out of general usage by 1600. Widespread use of French in England after 12c. gave English you the same association as French vous, and it began to drive out singular nominative thou, originally as a sign of respect (similar to the "royal we") when addressing superiors, then equals and strangers, and ultimately (by c. 1575) becoming the general form of address. Through 13c. English also retained a dual pronoun ink "you two; your two selves; each other." Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/you#etymonline_v_4985) know (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_42994) "inside information," 1883, in in the know, from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) Earlier it meant "knowledge, fact of knowing" (1590s). Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_42994) know (v.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_1920) • Old English cnawan (class VII strong verb; past tense cneow, past participle cnawen), "perceive a thing to be identical with another," also "be able to distinguish" generally (tocnawan); "perceive or understand as a fact or truth" (opposed to believe); "know how (to do something)," from Proto-Germanic *knew- (source also of Old High German bi-chnaan, ir-chnaan "to know"), from PIE root *gno- (https://www.etymonline.com/word/*gno-?ref=etymonline_crossreference)"to know." • For pronunciation, see kn-.(https://www.etymonline.com/word/kn-?ref=etymonline_crossreference) Once widespread in Germanic, the verb is now retained there only in English, where it has widespread application, covering meanings that require two or more verbs in other languages (such as German wissen, kennen, erkennen and in part können; French connaître "perceive, understand, recognize," savoir "have a knowledge of, know how;" Latin scire "to understand, perceive," cognoscere "get to know, recognize;" Old Church Slavonic znaja, vemi). The Anglo-Saxons also used two distinct words for this, the other being witan (see wit (https://www.etymonline.com/word/wit?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_10797)(v.)). • From c. 1200 as "to experience, live through." Meaning "to have sexual intercourse with," also found in other modern languages, is attested from c. 1200, from the Old Testament (Genesis iv.1). Attested from 1540s in colloquial phrases suggesting cunning or savvy (but often in the negative); to not know one's ass from one's elbow is from 1930. • As far as (one) knows "to the best of (one's) knowledge" is late 14c. Expression God knows is from c. 1400. To know too much (to be allowed to live, escape, etc.) is from 1872. To know better "to have learned from experience" is from 1704. You know as a parenthetical filler is from 1712, but it has roots in 14c. You know as a euphemism for a thing or situation unmentionable is from 1867; you-know-who for a person it is thought best not to name (but implying the hearer knows) is from 1840. • As an expression of surprise, what do you know attested by 1914. Don't I know it in the opposite sense ("you need not tell me") is from 1874. You never know as a response to something unexpected is attested from 1924. Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know#etymonline_v_1920) thank you (https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank%20you#etymonline_v_39146) polite formula used in acknowledging a favor, c. 1400, short for I thank you (see thank)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank?ref=etymonline_crossreference). As a noun, from 1792. Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/thank%20you#etymonline_v_39146) know-how (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-how#etymonline_v_35324) also knowhow, "technical expertise," 1838, American English, from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) + how (https://www.etymonline.com/word/how?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_14511)(adv.). Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-how#etymonline_v_35324) know-nothing (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-nothing#etymonline_v_35393) • 1827, "ignoramus," from know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.) + nothing.(https://www.etymonline.com/word/nothing?ref=etymonline_crossreference) As a U.S. nativist political party, active 1853-56, the name refers to the secret society at the core of the party, about which members were instructed to answer, if asked about it, that they "know nothing." The party eventually merged into the Republican Party. • Related: Know-nothingism. Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-nothing#etymonline_v_35393) know-it-all (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-it-all#etymonline_v_51732) • "one deemed (over)full of information or correct answers," 1895, from verbal phrase; see know (https://www.etymonline.com/word/know?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_1920)(v.). Earlier in the same sense was know-all (1862); and Mr. Know-All was a minor character in Bunyan's "The Holy War" (1682). Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/know-it-all#etymonline_v_51732) savvy (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/savvy#etymonline_v_22803) • 1785, slang, "practical sense, intelligence, knowledge of the world;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" a West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous)? "do you know?" or Spanish sabe (usted) "you know," the verb in both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere "be wise, be knowing" (see sapient)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/sapient?ref=etymonline_crossreference). The adjective, of persons, is attested by 1905, from the noun. • Related: Savvily; savviness. Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/savvy#etymonline_v_22803) twitterpated (adj.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitterpated#etymonline_v_39810) • 1942, apparently first attested in the Walt Disney movie "Bambi" (there also was a song by that name but it was not in the studio release of the film), a past-participle adjective formed from twitter (https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitter?ref=etymonline_crossreference)in the "tremulous excitement" noun sense (1670s) + pate (https://www.etymonline.com/word/pate?ref=etymonline_crossreference)(n.2) "head" (compare flutterpated, 1894). Thumper: Why are they acting that way? Friend Owl: Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated. Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated? Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head! Thumper: Gosh, that's awful. Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitterpated#etymonline_v_39810) spaz (n.)(https://www.etymonline.com/word/spaz#etymonline_v_38437) • also spazz, by 1959, U.S. teen slang phrase, typically in later use a put-down, apparently a derogatory shortening of spastic (https://www.etymonline.com/word/spastic?ref=etymonline_crossreference)(n.). Also used as a verb, by 1972, often with out (adv.). Related: Spazzed; spazzing. My Daddy is a regular spaz. You don't know what a spaz is? Let me tell you. A spaz is a guy who's completely out of this world—but I mean, completely. [Parade Magazine, March 1, 1959] [Y]our teen-aged daughter asks what you think of her "shades," which you are canny enough to know are her sunglasses, and you say, "cool," and she says, "oh dad, what a spaz!" [Russell Baker column, April 13, 1965] Related entries & more(https://www.etymonline.com/word/spaz#etymonline_v_38437) Trending words • 1. slang • 2. bear • 3. rhyme • 4. bar • 5. spaz • 6. dinosaur • 7. understand • 8. hospital • 9. community • 10. morning