お前

Etymology 1
From, literally "honourable presence in front of me". Originally a polite pronoun applied to highly respected persons such as emperors or gods.

First attested in the early 900s.

Pronoun

 * 1)   you

Usage notes

 * Slightly condescending if used by a higher status peer to refer to a lower status peer, very informal between close equal-status peers; (very) impolite in other situations.
 * In many Japanese dialects, it is rather the standard 2nd-person pronoun, equivalent in usage to standard Japanese.

Etymology 2
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Corruption of. First attested in 1777.

Pronoun

 * 1)   you (standard second-person pronoun)