"um-" meaning in English

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Prefix

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”). More at umbe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|um-}} Middle English um-, {{m|enm|umbe-}} umbe-, {{m|enm|embe-}} embe-, {{inh|en|ang|ymb-}} Old English ymb-, {{m|ang|ymbe-|t=around}} ymbe- (“around”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*umbi|*umbi-}} Proto-West Germanic *umbi-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*umbi|t=around, about, by, near}} Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about, by, near”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂m̥bʰi||round about, around}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”), {{cog|nl|om-||around}} Dutch om- (“around”), {{cog|de|um-||around}} German um- (“around”), {{cog|la|amb-||around, about}} Latin amb- (“around, about”), {{cog|la|ambi-||both}} Latin ambi- (“both”), {{cog|grc|ἀμφί||around, about}} Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, about”), {{cog|sa|अभि||against, about}} Sanskrit अभि (abhi, “against, about”), {{l|en|umbe}} umbe Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} um-, {{en-prefix}} um-
  1. (rare, usually no longer productive, primarily in dialects, chiefly Scotland) Prefix meaning around, about. Tags: Scotland, idiomatic, in dialects, morpheme, rare, usually Synonyms: umbe-, umb-
    Sense id: en-um--en-prefix-odgVaPTd Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Scottish English Derived forms: umbeclip, umbedo, umbehold, umbelie, umbesiege, umbestount, umbestride, umbeweround, umboth, umbothman, umbworld, umlock, umstart

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