Etymograph

English

ambitionate

From ambition + -ate.

Formed from ambition + -ate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

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Latin ambiō ‘to go around, solicit votes’

Latin ambitiō ‘ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a…’

Old French ambition

Middle English ambicioun ‘Excessive ambition’

English ambition

Today it means

verb To desire and strive for as an ambition.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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