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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbego

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
um-bego
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go around.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to um- + bego, or umbe- + go.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

umbegoes (present, singular) umbegoing (participle, present) umbewent (past) umbegone (participle, past)

Questions

What does umbego mean?
To go around.
Where does umbego come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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