Where does “ambush” come from?

Ambush comes from Old French enbuscier, formed from Old French en- and Latin in-, from Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European ne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én.

ambush (English): The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait...

Definitions

  1. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait...

Ancestry of “ambush”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishenbuschen—
2Old Frenchenbuscierto ambush
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ambush”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →