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Where does “disambiguate” come from?

disambiguate (Italian) comes from Italian disambiguare, from Italian ambiguo, from Latin ambiguus, from Latin ambigo, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi — on, onto.

disambiguate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “disambiguate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandisambiguareto disambiguate
2Italianambiguoambiguous, equivocal; shifty; doubtful, shady
3Latinambiguusgoing two ways, hither and thither, moving from...
4LatinambigoI go about; I wander; I hesitate, waver, doubt
5Latinambi-ambi-
6Latinambō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →