Etymology

ambage

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Today it means: Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution. Full definition →

Middle English ambages ← French ambage ← Latin ambāgēs
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromambāgēs“a roundabout or circuitous path”
  2. French · derived fromambage
  3. Middle English · inherited fromambages
  4. English todayambage

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishambages all →

ambages

Latinambāgēs all →

ambages

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.