himself in English: The word for a man or a boy when he does something to or for that same person. (pronoun)

Translation

The word for a man or a boy when he does something to or for that same person.

Word origin

From Old English him selfum, made of him and self.

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"Himself" points back to "he", the same person.

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Here "himself" makes "the king" stronger.

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"By himself" means alone.

he

Stands for a man or boy already mentioned, when he is the subject of the sentence.

him

Used to talk about a man or boy after a verb or preposition.

his

Shows that something belongs to a man or boy already mentioned.

own

Belonging to a particular person and to nobody else.

man

An adult male human being.

herself

The word for a woman or a girl when she does something to or for that same person.

itself

The same thing or animal you have just named, used when the thing does something to it.

ourselves

The word for you and the people with you when the same group does something to or for itself.

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