among
要点の間に、の中の一つ、一人、で、の間で
意味
- …の間に,に囲まれて
- 《おもに最上級と共に》…の中の一つ(一人)で,のうちに数えられて
- 《分配を表す動詞と共に》…の間で,めいめいに
- …がいっしょになって,が協力して
例文
A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
一人の少女が群衆の中から王様に近づいた。
Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.
メアリーは500人の中から選ばれた。
This mountain is among the highest in the world.
この山は世界でも有数の高い山です。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns denoting association or similarity) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + mang- (from mængan, mengan (“to mingle, mix”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to knead; to press”))). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’) + mong (“crowd, throng; group”).