Where does “ambitionlessness” come from?
ambitionlessness (English) comes from English ambitionless, from English ambition, from Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitio, from Latin ambiō, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō — on, onto.
ambitionlessness (English): Lack of ambition
Ancestry of “ambitionlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ambitionless | Without ambition or motivation |
| 2 | English | ambition | Eager or inordinate desire for some object that... |
| 3 | Middle English | ambicioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | ambition | — |
| 5 | Latin | ambitio | A going around or about; that which surrounds; A... |
| 6 | Latin | ambiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ambi- | ambi- |
| 8 | Latin | ambō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |