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