A Scottish and archaic English form of the word 'among,' meaning in the middle of or surrounded by a group.
From Old English onmang, formed from on (in) and a word related to 'mingle.' The 'a-' prefix was added and the word evolved into the Scottish dialect form 'amang,' which survives in Scottish English today.
Scottish dialects kept 'amang' while English simplified it to 'among,' showing how different regions preserve older word forms—Scotland's relative isolation meant some medieval English words never got 'updated' like they did in England.
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