English Explanatory Dictionary

um-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Prefix meaning around, about.

Word forms

um- umbe- umb-

Etymology

From Middle English um-, umbe-, embe-, from Old English ymb-, ymbe- (“around”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbi-, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about, by, near”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with Dutch om- (“around”), German um- (“around”), Latin amb- (“around, about”), Latin ambi- (“both”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, about”), Sanskrit अभि (abhi, “against, about”).

Derived words

umbeclip umbedo umbehold umbelie umbesiege umbestount umbestride umbeweround umboth umbothman umbworld umlock umstart
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