Etymograph

English

everyone

Everyone is an alteration, after every, of Middle English everychone, from everichon ‘every one’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500everichon1as everychone‘every one’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500everychone1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1847everyone1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English everyone
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1847, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, London: Smith: “She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500everichonWiktionary, English everyoneas everychone‘every one’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500everychoneWiktionary, English everyone
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1847everyoneWiktionary, English everyone. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1847, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, London: Smith: “She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts…”

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Today it means

pron Every individual in a set; every person.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “everyone”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Middle English everichon / everyone