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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Celtic*ambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Celtic*ageti
- Proto-Celtic*ambaxtos
- Gaulishambaxtos
- Proto-Germanic*ambahtaz
- Latinambasciātor
- Old Occitanambaisador
- Old Italianambassatore
- Anglo-Normanambassadeur
- Middle Englishambassadore
- English todayambassador
From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English ǣrendraca.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.