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Word Origins Dictionary
- theirs (pron.)



[theirs 词源字典] - possessive pronoun, "their own," early 14c., from their + possessive -s, on analogy of his, etc. In form, a double possessive.[theirs etymology, theirs origin, 英语词源]
- theirself (pron.)




- emphatic plural pronoun, c. 1300, from their + self, with self, originally an inflected adjective, treated as a noun with a meaning "person." Related: Theirselves.