yours

Etymology

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

pron

  1. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
    If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.  Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.  It’s all yours.
  2. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
    Yours sincerely,  Yours faithfully,  Yours,  Sincerely yours,

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