ambuscade

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*buskaz“bush, heavy stick”
2. Frankish · derived from*busk“bush”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*imbosco“I hide, ambush”
4. Italian · derived fromimboscata
5. French · borrowed fromembuscade
6. English todayambuscade

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.

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