Etymology

ambly-

Today it means: Blunt, dull, not sharp, dim. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς (ămblŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meld-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus?
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς (ămblŭ́s)
  4. English todayambly-

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς (ămblŭ́s, “blunt, dull, not sharp, dim”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.