The story
- Classical Latin · derived fromambi-“both”
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromambiloquus
- English todayambiloquous
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ambiloquus, from Classical Latin ambi- (“both”) + -loquus (“speaking”). By surface analysis, ambiloquy + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Classical Latinambi- all →
ambiloquy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.