English
ambitionist
From ambition + -ist.
Formed from ambition + -ist
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
noun Someone extremely ambitious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ambitionist