Words that come from Gaulish ambaxtos

400 words across 50 languages descend from Gaulish ambaxtos — including ambassador, embassy, ambassadorial, amt, ambassadorship, embassage, ambassadress, ambassade.

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Finnish (191)

German (60)

Dutch (22)

English (16)

Polish (9)

Middle High German (7)

French (4)

Old Occitan (4)

Middle French (4)

Spanish (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Italian (3)

Latin (3)

Italian (3)

Indonesian (3)

Gothic (3)

Danish (3)

Old High German (3)

Swedish (3)

Irish (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old French (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Swedish (3)

Estonian (3)

Russian (2)

Hiligaynon (2)

Tagalog (2)

Breton (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Malay (2)

Chuukese (1)

Javanese (1)

Maltese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Cherokee (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norman (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle English (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Late Latin (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Occitan (1)

Karelian (1)