English

ambitiousness

From ambitious + -ness.

A compound of ambitious + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

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Latin ambitio ‘a going around or about’

Latin ambitiosus

Middle French ambitieus

Middle English ambitious

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being ambitious.

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

Etymograph / ambitiousness