Where does “ambassade” come from?
ambassade (Old French) comes from Italian ambasciata, from Old Occitan ambaissada, from Old Occitan ambaissa, from Latin ambactia, from Proto-Germanic ambahtiją, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos — to drive.
Ancestry of “ambassade”, step by step
Words derived from “ambassade”