ambactus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a vassal, dependent; servant, retainer
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish ambaxtos (vassal, dependant, one who is sent around, high-ranking servant) derived from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (servant) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (drive around), *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambassade English
- ambassador English
- ambassadorial English
- ambassadorless English
- ambassadorship English
- ambassadress English
- ambiguous English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- countergesture English
- digester English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- embassy English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- react English
- reaction English
- squatter English
- squattocracy English
- suggest English
- ammatti Finnish
- actio Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agēns Latin
- ambactia Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- praegero Latin
- progero Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- ambassade Dutch, Flemish
- ambassade French
- réactionnaire French
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- ambassade Norwegian Bokmål
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- *ambahtaz Proto-Germanic
- *ambahtiją Proto-Germanic
- *ambahtō Proto-Germanic
- ambassade Norwegian Nynorsk
- ambeaht Old English
- ambiht Old English
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- ambassadore Middle English
- ambasadóir Irish
- ambátt Old Norse
- ambassade Danish
- ambassade Old French
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- ambátt Icelandic
- akta Indonesian
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- amos Old Irish
- ág Old Irish
- ambassade Norman
- ambassade Middle French
- ambassee Middle French
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agnus Lithuanian
- ambaissada Old Occitan
- ambaseda Tok Pisin
- ambasadaoro Malagasy
- *aja- fiu-pro
- ambaxtos Gaulish
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian
- ācta
- cogo
- aeger
- gesto
- actor
- agēns
- āctiō
- āctor
- agito
- exigo
- actio
- actus
- āctus
- ingero
- gestus
- degero
- agilis
- ambigo
- oggero
- cōgēns
- congero
- exactus
- castigo
- coactus
- progero
- activus
- agendus
- agenda
- āctōrem
- exigēns
- ambactia
- ambiguus
- agitatus
- gestatio
- dīgestus
- praegero
- cogitatio
- congestĭō
- castīgāre
- exigentia
- intergero
- gesticulatus