onbutan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === abūtan, abūton === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan, equivalent to on- +‎ būtan. Cognate with Old Frisian abūta, Middle Low German enbûten, Middle High German enbūzen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈbuː.tɑn/ === Adverb === onbūtan about, round about, all around about, approximately === Preposition === onbūtan on, about, round about, on the outside c. 994, Ælfric, De Anno (On the Year) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: aboute, abute, abuten, aboutenEnglish: aboutGeordie: abootScots: abootYola: abut, abouten