um-

Forms of um-

Origin of um-

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”).

Words formed from um-

• umbeclip
• umbedo
• umbehold
• umbelie
• umbesiege
• umbestount
• umbestride
• umbeweround
• umboth
• umbothman
• umbworld
• umlock
• umstart

Questions about um-

What does um- mean?

Um- means prefix meaning around, about.

What part of speech is um-?

Um- is a prefix.