embassy
/ˈɛmbəsi/ · noun
Meaning
- The function or duty of an ambassador.
- An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
- A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
- The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
- A written account as to an embassy.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosder. Old Occitan ambaissadabor. Old Italian ambasciatader. Old French ambascee Middle French ambasseebor. English ambassy English embassy Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Occitan ambaissada (“embassy”), derived from ambaissa (“message”), from Late Latin ambactia (“service rendered”) (attested also as ambascia, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service”), *ambahtaz (“follower, servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“dependant, vassal”, literally “one who is sent around”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)). Doublet of ambassade.
- amaeth(Welsh)→
- amus(sga)→
- ambactus(Latin)→
- *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ-(ine-pro)→
- *ambaxtos(cel-pro)→
- ambaxtos(cel-gau)→
- *ambahtiją(gem-pro)→
- ambactia(la-lat)→
- ambaissada(pro)→
- ambasciata(roa-oit)→
- ambascee(fro)→
- ambassee(frm)→
- *h₂ent-(ine-pro)→
- embassy (English)
- Relations: root, bor, der, der, der, der, der, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- ኤምባሲ(Amharic) (bor)
- എംബസി(Malayalam) (bor)
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