umbe

See also: umbe-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Preposition

umbe

  1. (obsolete) Around, about; after.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ymbe (“around, about”).

Adverb

umbe

  1. around
  2. about

Preposition

umbe

  1. around
  2. about
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