About

Morpheme

About

Type

free base

Denotation

on the outside, all around, throughout, concerning

Etymology

Middle English aboute; Old English abutan, earlier onbutan, compound or contraction of on + be- + utan, from ut

Evidence

about, hereabout, kickabout, layabout, roundabout, roustabout, walkabout, whereabouts

See Also

a-, On, be-, By, Out