Where does “ambuscadă” come from?

ambuscadă (Romanian) comes from French embuscade, from Middle French embuscade, from Italian imboscata, from Italian imboscare, from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

ambuscadă (Romanian): ambush

Definitions

  1. ambush

Ancestry of “ambuscadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembuscadeambuscade; ambush
2Middle Frenchembuscadeambuscade; ambush
3Italianimboscatafeminine singular of imboscato; ambush; feminine...
4Italianimboscareto hide from others in order to keep possession...
5Italianim-Alternative form of in-; into, in
6Italianin-un-; in-; a-
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én