Etymograph

English

aboutchu

From about + -chu.

Formed from about + -chu

Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards’

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Proto-West Germanic *biūtan ‘outside’

Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan

Old English onbūtan ‘about, around’

Middle English aboute ‘around’

English about

Today it means

contraction about you

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aboutchu