Etymology

ambitionless

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Today it means: Without ambition or motivation Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English ambition
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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*h₁ey-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  8. Proto-Italic*ejō
  9. Proto-Italic*eō
  10. Latineō
  11. Latinambiō
  12. Latinambitiō
  13. Old Frenchambition
  14. Middle Englishambicioun
  15. Englishambition
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  18. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  19. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  20. English todayambitionless

From ambition + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.