among

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).

   to put the cat among the pigeons

2. 2
   adv

   Along with (someone or something); together.

   Yeat interlace vve ſhall among the Loue of her and him: […]

3. 3
   adv

   Chiefly with contrasting adjectives or adverbs: from time to time, now and then; also, here and there.

   [Y[our beſt vvay is, to direct your courſe Eaſt North-eaſt, and North-eaſt by Eaſt, among; […]

4. 4
   prep

   Of an event or a fact.

5. 5
   adv

   At the same time, all the while, meanwhile.

6. 6
   adv

   In addition, beside.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns d…