Among
/əˈmʌŋ/noun
In the middle of a group or surrounded by others.
Did you know?Among descends from Old English on gemang, meaning “in a crowd” or “in a mixture,” from a root tied to mingling and assemblage rather than secrecy or magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*ga-mangą
“a mixture, crowd, assemblage”
Old English
OE
on gemang
“among, in the company of, in a crowd”
Middle English
ME
among(e)
“among, amid, in the midst of”
Modern English
English
among
“in the middle of or surrounded by other things or people”