Where does “ambiguite” come from?
ambiguite (Middle English) comes from Old French ambiguite, 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 — on, onto.
Ancestry of “ambiguite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ambiguite | — |
| 2 | Latin | ambiguitas | ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness |
| 3 | Latin | ambiguus | going two ways, hither and thither, moving from... |
| 4 | Latin | ambigo | I go about; I wander; I hesitate, waver, doubt |
| 5 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 6 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |