each other

Definition

To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects

Etymology

From Middle English ech other, yche othere, ich othir, eche other, ilk oþer, from Old English ǣlċ ōþer (“each other”), equivalent to each + other. Cognate with Scots ilk other (“each other”), West Frisian elkoar (“each other”), Dutch elkander, elkaar (“each other”).

Example Sentences

• "My parents love each other; however, they talk to themselves a lot but not so much to each other."
• "I don't think you two know each other, do you?"
• "Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us."

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