among (denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects) · between (in the separating position or interval) · between (intermediate in quantity or degree)
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entre, antre, from Latin inter (“between; among”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).
No dia seguinte, os dois viram-se e evitaram-se em silêncio, como se nada de extraordinário houvera entre eles acontecido na véspera.
denotes movement; to in between · denotes location; between · denotes objects mutually affected by something; between, among
eş: pomiędzy, pośrodku, pośród, wśród
zıt: spomiędzy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Slavic *meďa Proto-Slavic *meďi Old Polish miedzy Polish między Inherited from Old Polish miedzy. The nasal vowel was added later due to the preceding m-. Doublet of miedzy (locative of miedza).
used to locate an object in the space defined by two others; between · used to locate an object in a space defined by many others; among, amid · used to locate an object in a space defined by many others pairwise; among, between
eş: vidū
köken: From starpa (“interval, gap, area between”) (q.v.), probably originally a reduced form of its locative form starpā, or perhaps of its old (16th- and 17th-century) illative form starpan, or of its instrumental form starpu.