# anyone

Pronunciation: say "EN-ee-wun" /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/

## Pronoun

1. Any person at all; anybody, whoever it may be.
   - Simple: Any person at all, no matter who the person is.
   - _If anyone calls while I'm out, please take a message._
   - _The contest is open to anyone over the age of eighteen._

## Origin

Made of any + one, it goes back to Middle English eny on and ony one.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/anyone (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).