among

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   In the middle of and surrounded by other people or things.

   I found my old photos among a pile of letters in the drawer.

2. 2
   prep

   Being one of a larger group.

   She was among the first people to arrive at the party.

3. 3
   prep

   Shared or divided between the members of a group.

   The money was split equally among the four brothers.

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…

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