environ
Environ (adv) means Nearby, or in the surrounding area.
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English enviroun ("round about in a circle or ring; all around"), and other forms, from Anglo-Norman enviroun, environ, and other forms, and Middle French enviroun, environ, and other forms, from Old French environ ("around, surrounding; about, approximately, roughly") (modern French environ). This in turn comes from en- (a prefix meaning 'in; into') and viron ("circuit; circumference, compass; country round about"), though viron is first attested later; viron itself comes from virer ("to bear, turn, veer"), either from Latin gȳrō ("to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle, revolve around"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- ("to bend, curve; an arch, vault"), or from Latin vibrō ("to hurl, launch; shake; to tremble, vibrate"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyb-, *weyp- ("to shake; to tremble; to sway, swing; to rotate, turn, wind, wrap (around)"), plus -on (an augmentative suffix). Cognates include Catalan enviró, environ (both obsolete), Occitan environ, and Spanish environ (obsolete).
