Where does “ambassadeur” come from?
ambassadeur (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador, from Old Occitan ambaissa, from Latin ambactia, from Proto-Germanic ambahtiją, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos — to drive.
ambassadeur (Anglo-Norman): ambassador
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