Etimology
From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- + mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”), West Frisian mank (“among”), Dutch mank, maank (“among”), German Low German mank, manken (“among”), dialectal German mang (“among”).
preposition
among
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
Examples
How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]
Related words
synonyms
amongst (variant of among, slightly dated)
amidst
amid