whos
See also: who's
English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwhos
- plural of who; often used along with whats, whys, hows, etc.
- Closing of Duffy trial takes proceedings from the whos and whats to why and how.
- The whos and wheres and whens and whats of his expenses were the meat of the weeks of testimony that dragged on far longer than anyone expected
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
edit- hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose
- (northern) quas, whase, whayse
- (early) hwas, hwæs, hwes, hwos
Etymology
editFrom Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís).
The usual vocalism is due to influence from who and whom; forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically in Early Middle English.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editwhos (singular or plural, genitive case, nominative who)
Descendants
editDeterminer
editwhos
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “whōs, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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