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among

prep
/əˈmʌŋ/CA/əˈmɜŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns denoting association or similarity) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + mang- (from mængan, mengan (“to mingle, mix”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to knead; to press”))). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’) + mong (“crowd, throng; group”). The adverb is derived from Middle English among, amang (“accompanied by, along with, by the side of, in association with, together; all the while, continually; also, besides; at the same time; from time to time, occasionally; meanwhile; within”), from Old English onġemang (adverb): see further above. cognates * Dutch mank, maank (“among”) * German mang (“among”) (dialectal) * German Low German mank, manken (“among”) * Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”) * West Frisian mank (“among”)

  1. inherited from onġemang
  2. inherited from *menk-✻ — “to knead; to press”
  3. inherited from *ḱóm✻ — “beside, by; near; with”
  4. inherited from *h₂en-✻ — “on, onto”
  5. inherited from amang
  6. inherited from among

Definitions

  1. Of a person or thing

    Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).

    • to put the cat among the pigeons
    • And Adam hyd him ſelf with his wyfe [Eve], from the preſence of yͤ LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden.
    • As for the former [seaweed] called Zoſter, it is found among the ſhelves and ſhallovv vvaters not farre from the ſhore: both the one and the other appeare in the Spring, and be gone in the Autumne.

  2. Of an event or a fact.

  3. Along with (someone or something)

    Along with (someone or something); together.

    • Yeat interlace vve ſhall among the Loue of her and him: […]
    • And of the ſame vvorke vvere their baſes, their head-'tires of flovvers, mix'd vvith ſiluer, and gold, vvith ſome ſprigs of Ægrets among, and from the top of their dreſſing, a thinne vayle hanging dovvne.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. At the same time, all the while, meanwhile.

    2. In addition, beside.

    3. Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs

      Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs: from time to time, now and then; also, here and there.

      • [Y[our beſt vvay is, to direct your courſe Eaſt North-eaſt, and North-eaſt by Eaſt, among; […]

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Derived

among other things, fall among, first among equals, hereamong, honor among thieves, honour among thieves, man among men, put the cat among the pigeons, set the cat among the pigeons, thereamong, there is no honor among thieves, whereamong, woman among women

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for among. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA