am

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US /əm/ UK /æm/ See IPA manual

Homophones

em /əm/ 'm /əm/

Freq #123

Meanings

1

verb
First-person singular present of "be".

I am a teacher at the local school.
2

adv
In the period from midnight to noon (a.m.).

My flight leaves at 6 am tomorrow.
3

noun
A type of radio broadcasting (amplitude modulation).

That station is available on both AM and FM.

Verb forms

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Word family

Related forms pro-amtrans-am

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am 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 (“to be, to 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”).

am Middle English eam Old English *im Proto-West Germanic *immi Proto-Germanic *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European

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# am

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb, adv, noun
**IPA (US):** /əm/
**IPA (UK):** /æm/
**Frequency rank:** 123

## Meanings
1. First-person singular present of "be".
2. In the period from midnight to noon (a.m.).
3. A type of radio broadcasting (amplitude modulation).

## Examples
- I am a teacher at the local school.
- My flight leaves at 6 am tomorrow.
- That station is available on both AM and FM.

## Related Forms
- pro-am
- trans-am

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: am
- Root: eam
- Root: *im
- Root: *immi
- Root: *h₁ésmi

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am 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 (“to be, to 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”).

## AI Etymology
Am comes 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 (“to be, to exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em, Old Swedish æm (“am”), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), and Albanian jam (“am”). The historical chain runs from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi, Proto-Germanic *immi, Proto-West Germanic *im, Old English eom, and Middle English am to English am.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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