英和和英

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan, equivalent to on- +‎ būtan. Cognate with Old Frisian abūta, Middle Low German enbûten, Middle High German enbūzen.

発音

• IPA: /onˈbuː.tɑn/

前置詞

onbūtan

1. on, about, round about, on the outside
   • c. 994, Ælfric, De Anno (On the Year)

     Nū miht ðū understandan þæt lǣssan ymbgang hæfð sē mann þe gǣð abūtan ān hūs, þonne sē ðe eall ðā burh begǣð.

     Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.

派生した語

• Middle English: aboute, abute, abuten, abouten
  • English: about
  • Geordie: aboot
  • Scots: aboot
  • Yola: abut, abouten