How to spell both

Both is spelled B-O-T-H.

hear itboth/boʊθ/determinerSounds

What it means: Referring to two items together.

In a sentence: Both dogs like to play in the yard.

Same family: either, neither, two, together. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Both” comes from Old English “bāþa,” related to Old Norse “báðir,” all from a Proto-Germanic root meaning ‘two together.’ It has been used in English for over a thousand years to link a pair of things.

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