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who
pronoun
used
to
ask
which
person
or
people
someone
is
talking
about
or
refers
to
•
Who
is
at
the
door
?
Who
is
at
the
door
?
•
She
wondered
who
had
eaten
the
last
cookie
.
She
wondered
who
had
eaten
the
last
cookie
.
Old
English
hwā
,
from
Proto-Germanic
*hwas
,
related
to
Latin
quis
and
Greek
tis
,
all
meaning
“
who
.”
pronoun
used
after
a
noun
to
introduce
a
clause
that
gives
more
information
about
the
person
just
mentioned
•
The
teacher
who
helped
me
lives
next
door
.
The
teacher
who
helped
me
lives
next
door
.
•
I
met
a
dancer
who
performs
on
Broadway
.
I
met
a
dancer
who
performs
on
Broadway
.
Same
historical
origin
as
the
interrogative
pronoun
,
evolving
to
serve
as
a
relative
pronoun
in
Middle
English
.
whom
pronoun
used
in
formal
questions
as
the
object
of
a
verb
or
preposition
,
referring
to
the
person
or
people
spoken
about
•
Whom
did
the
teacher
choose
to
lead
the
group
?
Whom
did
the
teacher
choose
to
lead
the
group
?
•
With
whom
are
you
going
to
the
concert
tonight
?
With
whom
are
you
going
to
the
concert
tonight
?
Old
English
hwām
,
dative
of
hwā
(“
who
”),
retaining
the
objective
case
in
modern
English
.
pronoun
used
in
formal
writing
to
introduce
a
relative
clause
when
the
person
being
referred
to
is
the
object
of
a
verb
or
preposition
•
The
artist
whom
we
met
at
the
fair
sent
us
a
postcard
.
The
artist
whom
we
met
at
the
fair
sent
us
a
postcard
.
•
He
is
the
engineer
with
whom
I
worked
last
year
.
He
is
the
engineer
with
whom
I
worked
last
year
.
Old
English
hwām
,
objective
case
of
hwā
,
preserved
through
Middle
English
into
modern
usage
.
