emmy

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French [Term?], equivalent to en (in) +‎ my (middle, central).

Preposition

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emmy

  1. among; amongst; amid
  2. in the middle (of)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:
      se assist sur une pierre qui estoit emmy le puys
      he sat down on a rock that was in the middle of the well

Descendants

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  • French: emmi (archaic).