English
himselves
From him + -selves.
Formed from him + -selves
Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’
Proto-Germanic *hiz ‘this’
Proto-Germanic *himmai ‘to this, to this one’
Old English him ‘him’
Middle English him
English him
Today it means
pron Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / himselves