The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφίβολος“ambiguous”
- French · borrowed fromamphibole
- English todayamphibole
From French amphibole, coined by René Just Haüy from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous”), in reference to its many forms.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμφίβολος all →
amphibolous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.