among
pronunciation
How to pronounce among in British English:
UK [əˈmʌŋ]
How to pronounce among in American English:
US [əˈmʌŋ]
Word Origin
- among
- among: [OE] Gemong was an Old English word for ‘crowd’ – ge- was a collective prefix, signifying ‘together’, and -mong is related to mingle – and so the phrase on gemonge meant ‘in a crowd’, hence ‘in the midst, surrounded’. By the 12th century, the ge- element had dropped out, giving onmong and eventually among. A parallel bimong existed in the 13th century.=> mingle
- among (prep.)
- early 12c., from Old English onmang, from phrase on gemang "in a crowd," from gemengan "to mingle" (see mingle). Collective prefix ge- dropped 12c. leaving onmong, amang, among. Compare Old Saxon angimang "among, amid;" Old Frisian mong "among."
Synonym
Example
- 1. Mr romney is actually among the milder ones .
- 2. Differences among european states would intensify .
- 3. Zhenjiang also ranks among china 's wealthier cities .
- 4. Afghanistan has exposed two big rifts among the allies .
- 5. His wife and two sisters were among the dead .