am

Meaning

be

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Synonyms

AM
A1
is
A1
be
A1
are
A1
a.m.
B2
A.M.
B2
a.m.
B2
mean
A1
morning
A1
ante meridiem
make
A1
mind
A1
right
A1
yam
C2
is there
a
A1
🅰️
a
A1
🅰️
ammeter
amount
B1
amplitude
become
A1
comprise
48k
constitute
23k
forenoon

he is

in the morning

Translations

a.m.
AM
a. m.
ÖÖ

a. m.

vorm.

bin

a.m.

π.μ.

ص
AM

AM

a.m.
suis
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/æm/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
am
Inherited from Old English
eam
Cognate with Old Norse
em
Cognate with Gothic
𐌹𐌼
Cognate with Ancient Greek
εἰμῐ́
Cognate with Classical Armenian
եմ
Cognate with Albanian
jam
In summary

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).

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