English Explanatory Dictionary

umbego

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go around.
  2. To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.

Word forms

umbego umbegoes umbegoing umbewent umbegone

Etymology

From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to um- + bego, or umbe- + go.

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