Etymology

ambrosia

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Today it means: The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality. Full definition →

Latin ambrosia ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ (ămbrosĭ́ā) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə́mrətos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mer-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*mr̥tós
  5. Proto-Indo-European*n̥mr̥tós
  6. Proto-Hellenic*ə́mrətos
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos)
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ (ămbrosĭ́ā)
  9. Latinambrosia
  10. English todayambrosia

From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).

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