also 'mong, c. 1200 as a shortened form of among. Related: 'Mongst.
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among prep.
"in, in the midst of," early 12c., from Old English onmang, in late Old English sometimes amang, a contraction of ongemang "among, during," from the phrase on gemang, literally "in the crowd or company (of)," from on (see a- (1)) + gemengan "to mingle." Ths second element is from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together," which is perhaps from a nasalized form of PIE root *mag- "to knead, fashion, fit."
The collective prefix ge- was dropped 12c. leaving onmong, amang, among. Compare Old Saxon angimang "among, amid;" Old Frisian mong "among."