alrededor
/alredeˈdoɾ/ · A2 · adv
around
🧭 al + rededor: to the + surrounding rim (older form: al derredor)
Built from al (to the) + rededor, a reshuffled form of older derredor, from redor (the area circling something). So el alrededor is the surroundings, and mirar alrededor means to look around. Sound hook: it ends like all-ready-door.