Where does “ambiguità” come from?
ambiguità (Italian) comes from Latin ambiguitas, from Latin ambiguus, from Latin ambigo, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.
ambiguità (Italian): ambiguity
Ancestry of “ambiguità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ambiguitas | ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness |
| 2 | Latin | ambiguus | going two ways, hither and thither, moving from... |
| 3 | Latin | ambigo | I go about; I wander; I hesitate, waver, doubt |
| 4 | Latin | ambi- | ambi- |
| 5 | Latin | ambō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |