Ymb

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Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *umbi, from Indo-European *ambhi ‘around’. Cognate with Old Saxon umbi (Dutch om), Old High German umbi (German um), Old Norse umb (Swedish om). The IE root is also the source of Latin ambi-, Greek ἀμφί, Old Irish imb-.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ymb/

Preposition

ymb

  1. around, about, by, concerning
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