everichon

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === everchon, everechon, everich on, everychon, everychone everychoon, everyschon, evirichon (Late Middle English) eaver euchan (AB language) everilcan, everilc on (East Anglia, East Saxon); evrichen (Kent); everech on (Southern); everuchen, everuchon (West Midland) everilkan, ever-ilkan, everilkane, everilkon, ever-ilkone (Northern); evirilkane, evyrilkane, ewyre ilkayn (Early Scots) === Etymology === From everich, variant of every (“every”) +‎ on (“one”); the loss of /t͡ʃ/ seen in every is avoided since it is protected by the following vowel of on here. The final syllable of Kentish Middle English evrichen may either reflect vowel reduction or a parallel formation from ene, enes (“once”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛv(ə)rit͡ʃ ˌɔ̝ːn/, /ˈɛv(ə)ri(ː)ˌt͡ʃɔ̝ːn/ IPA(key): /ˈɛv(ə)rilk ˌaːn/ (Northern) === Pronoun === everichon everyone, every one (every (single) person or thing) each one (each person or thing) ==== Descendants ==== English: everychone, every chone ⇒ English: everyone, every one → Middle Scots: everyane, everyone → Middle Scots: everich ane, everich one Middle Scots: everilkane === References === “ē̆verich-ōn, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.