Etymology

ambiguation

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Today it means: act of ambiguating Full definition →

English ambigu(ous) ← Latin ambiguu ← Proto-Italic *agō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  4. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  5. Latinambi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*agō
  9. Latinagō
  10. Latinambig(ō)
  11. Latinambiguu
  12. Englishambigu(ous)
  13. English todayambiguation

Stem of ambiguous (from Latin ambiguus) with suffix -ation.

Words from the same roots

Latinambiguus all →

ambiguous

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