Meaning
A thing that you do not name, or whose name you do not know.
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Word origin
From Old English sum thing, two words meaning some thing, written as one word by the Middle English period.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sum thing
- English cognates
- some, thing
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 21: Question words.