amidst

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

parmi

au milieu de

chez

entre

milieu

Synonymes

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aˈmɪdst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: amidde

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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).