each other

Meanings

1. 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”).