pron. 它
n. (It)人名;(缅)意;(中)热(广东话·威妥玛)
it 它
来自古英语hit,来自PIE*ko,这个,这里,词源同he,here,him.后为与him相区别,字母h有意识脱落。比较I.
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it,The h- was lost due to being in an unemphasized position, as in modern speech the h- in "give it to him," "ask her," "is only heard in the careful speech of the partially educated" [Weekley]. It "the sex act" is from 1610s; meaning "sex appeal (especially in a woman)" first attested 1904 in works of Rudyard Kipling, popularized 1927 as title of a book by Elinor Glyn, and by application of It Girl to silent-film star Clara Bow (1905-1965). In children's games, meaning "the one who must tag the others" is attested from 1842.
If the folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
[Pope, "Moral Essays," 1735]