Self etymology

English

English word self comes from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)e-, and later Proto-Germanic *selbaz (Self.)

Etymology of self

Detailed word origin of self

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*s(w)e- Proto-Indo-European (ine) separate, apart
*selbʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine) one's own
*selbaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Self.
seolf Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang)
silf Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
self English (en) (commercial, _, or, _, humorous) Myself.. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned). (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, [...]