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一、among是什么意思

1、among 在中间

2、来自短语on mong. 词根mong, 中间，同mingle, 混在一起。

二、among的用法

1、among

2、among: [OE] Gemong was an Old English word for ‘crowd’ – ge- was a collective prefix, signifying ‘together’, and -mong is related to mingle – and so the phrase on gemonge meant ‘in a crowd’, hence ‘in the midst, surrounded’. By the 12th century, the ge- element had dropped out, giving onmong and eventually among. A parallel bimong existed in the 13th century.=> mingle

3、among (prep.)

4、early 12c., from Old English onmang, from phrase on gemang"in a crowd,"from gemengan"to mingle"(see mingle). Collective prefix ge- dropped 12c. leaving onmong, amang, among. Compare Old Saxon angimang"among, amid;"Old Frisian mong"among."

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