Where does “ambassadore” come from?
ambassadore (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador, from Old Occitan ambaissa, from Latin ambactia, from Proto-Germanic ambahtiją, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos — to drive.
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Words derived from “ambassadore”