ambasiate

== Middle Low German == === Alternative forms === ambasiat, ambesat, ambesait === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Also related to Medieval Latin ambasiator and Latin ambactus, and Old High German ambaht. === Noun === ambasiate m emissary, ambassador Synonym: abbesate ==== References ==== Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig. Entry: abbesate Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014) Entry: abbasaete Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm / Neubearbeitung (A–F), digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB2>, retrieved 19.12.2024. Entry 'ambasiat'