among

Significado

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

Frecuencia

Con guión como

a‧mong

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈmʌŋ/

Etimología

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 From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- + mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”), West Frisian mank (“among”), Dutch mank, maank (“among”), German Low German mank, manken (“among”), dialectal German mang (“among”).