both
Each of the two, or of the two kindsEach of the two, or of the two kinds.
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Meaning
1 sensesEach of the two, or of the two kinds.
Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
They were both here.
Origin
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possiFrom Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
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