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I is a 1 letter word which starts with the letter I and ends with the letter I for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
- I the ninth letter of the English alphabet takes its form from the Phoenician through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e y j g; as in dint dent beverage L. bibere; E. kin AS. cynn; E. thin AS. /ynne; E. dominion donjon dungeon.
- In our old authors I was often used for ay (or aye) yes which is pronounced nearly like it.
- As a numeral I stands for 1 II for 2 etc.
(object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
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