Etymology

umbethink

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Today it means: To recall to mind; remember; recollect. Full definition →

Middle English umbethenken ← Old English ymbeþencan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromymbeþencan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromumbethenken
  3. English todayumbethink

From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- (“around”) + þencan (“to think”), equivalent to um- + bethink or umbe- + think.

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