Etymology

amphibolgia

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Today it means: A grammatical construction that can be interpreted in two or more different ways; an ambiguous or equivocal statement arising from word order or sentence structure rather than from the meaning of individual words. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφιβολία“ambiguity”
  2. English todayamphibolgia

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”) [citation:5][citation:8]. The form amphibologia appears in Late Latin.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀμφιβολία all →

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