embajada
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- embassy
Etymology
Derived from Old Occitan ambaissada (embassy) derived from Latin ambactia derived from Gaulish ambaxtos (vassal, dependant, one who is sent around, high-ranking servant).
Origin
Gaulish
ambaxtos
Gloss
vassal, dependant, one who is sent around, high-ranking servant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambactia Latin
- ambactus Latin
- ambasciata Italian
- embajador Spanish, Castilian
- exembajador Spanish, Castilian
- exembajadora Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *ambahtaz Proto-Germanic
- *ambahtiją Proto-Germanic
- embahada Tagalog
- embahador Tagalog
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- ambaissada Old Occitan
- ambaxtos Gaulish
- embahada Hiligaynon
- embahador Hiligaynon
- ambasciata roa-oit