The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄμβων“pulpit”
- English todayambonoclast
From Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn, “pulpit”) + -o- + -clast. In reference to the rood screen that separated the choir (where priests were) from the nave (where the congregation was) in a medieval church, and from which was sometimes also read.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄμβων all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.