AM

Meanings

1. Abbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil.
2. Initialism of Aston Martin.
3. Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.

1. Initialism of anno mundi

1. Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”).

1. Initialism of Master of Arts.
2. Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
3. Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).
4. Member of the Order of Australia.
5. Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.
6. Initialism of additive manufacturing.

1. first-person singular present indicative of be

1. Contraction of I + am.

1. Alternative spelling of a.m..

1. Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
2. Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.

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”).