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meaning great follower,
servant or ploughman, an
augmentative form of
ambactos (ultimately from *ambhi-ag-to-). Cotterell, Arthur: The
Encyclopedia of...
- amb****ador from Old
French emb****adeur, from
Latin ambactus, from
Gaulish *
ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".
basin Perhaps originally...
- Provençal ambaissada, from
ambaissa 'service, duty', from proto-Celtic *
ambactos 'servant', akin to
Welsh amaeth 'farm',
Cornish ammeth 'farming', Old Breton...
- Provençal ambaissada, from
ambaissa 'service, duty', from proto-Celtic *
ambactos 'servant', akin to
Welsh amaeth 'farm',
Cornish ammeth 'farming', Old Breton...
