everichon

Middle English

Alternative forms

everichen, everuchon, everuchen, evereuchan, everilkan, everchon

Etymology

everich (“every”) +‎ on (“one”)

Pronoun

everichon

everyone
every (single) person/thing
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:
  So hadde I spoken with hem everichon / That I was of hir felaweshipe anon,
  So had I spoken with them, every one, / That I was of their fellowship anon,

Descendants

English: everyone
Scots: everich ane

References

“ē̆verich-ōn, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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