English
have you met me
Have you met me comes from English meet ‘to get acquainted with someone’.
- English1500–presentmeet‘to get acquainted with someone’
- Englishtodayhave you met me
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentmeet‘to get acquainted with someone’
- Englishtodayhave you met me
Made of the words have + you + met + me
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to seize’
Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‘to have, to hold’
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan ‘to have’
Old English habban ‘to have, possess’
Middle English haven ‘to own’
English have
Proto-Germanic *izwiz
Proto-Germanic *iwwiz
Proto-West Germanic *iwwi
Old English ēow
Middle English you
English you
Proto-Indo-European *h₁me-
Proto-Germanic *miz
Proto-West Germanic *miʀ
Old English mē
Middle English me
English me
The story
This phrase sarcastically implies that the interlocutor does not know the speaker as well as they should.
Every English word from English meet
Today it means
phrase Said when the interlocutor has shown surprise at the speaker's typical attitudes or behavior.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English meet / have you met me