amidst

Bedeutung (English)

In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

Konzepte

unter

inmitten

mitten in

mitten unter

Synonyms

among

amid

between

amongst

in the midst of

in the middle

in

mid

in the middle of

middle

in the presence of

centre

in front of

midst

across

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/aˈmɪdst/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: amidde

Inherited from Altenglisch: on middan

In summary

From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).