Where does “unambiguity” come from?
unambiguity (English) comes from English ambiguity, from Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite, from Latin ambiguitas, from Latin ambiguus, from Latin ambigo, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō — on, onto.
unambiguity (English): The quality of being unambiguous
Definitions
- The quality of being unambiguous
Ancestry of “unambiguity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ambiguity | Something, particularly words and sentences, that... |
| 2 | Middle English | ambiguite | — |
| 3 | Old French | ambiguite | — |
| 4 | Latin | ambiguitas | ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness |
| 5 | Latin | ambiguus | going two ways, hither and thither, moving from... |
| 6 | Latin | ambigo | I go about; I wander; I hesitate, waver, doubt |
| 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 |