ambuscade

Meaningan ambuscade

Common meaning: an ambush

ambuscadean ambuscadeSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 20 · scan

Journey through time

Spanishambuscado‘an ambuscade’source
Late Latinimboscare‘put in a thicket’source
Englishmeaning shiftsput in a thicket → an ambushambuscade‘an ambush’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Spanish ambuscado ‘an ambuscade’.

Roots

ambuscado Spanish “an ambuscade”

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