amongst

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   In the middle of or surrounded by; a more formal word for "among".

   Janek feels very relaxed amongst his friends.

From amongs + -t (excrescent), from among + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, among + -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”).

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