Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “am” come from?

am (Middle English) comes from Old English eom, from Proto-West Germanic *im.

am (Middle English): First-person singular present indicative form of...

Definitions

  1. First-person singular present indicative form of...

Ancestry of “am”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheomfirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Proto-West Germanic*im—

Words derived from “am”

  • am
  • amn't
  • amirite
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *im →