Where does “aboute” come from?

aboute (Middle English) comes from Old English onbūtan, from Old English on-, from Proto-West Germanic ana-, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, at; on, onto; ana.

aboute (Middle English): around

Definitions

  1. around

Ancestry of “aboute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishonbūtanabout, round about, all around
2Old Englishon-forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
3Proto-West Germanicana-Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
4Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana

Words derived from “aboute”

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