English
ambrosial
Ambrosial comes from Latin ambrosius ‘Ambrosial, divine, immortal’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥mr̥tós‘immortal’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ə́mrətos‘immortal, undying’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄμβροτος‘immortal’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀμβρόσιος‘ambrosial, divine’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEambrosius‘Ambrosial, divine, immortal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590ambrosial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥mr̥tós‘immortal’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ə́mrətos‘immortal, undying’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄμβροτος‘immortal’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀμβρόσιος‘ambrosial, divine’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEambrosius‘Ambrosial, divine, immortal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590ambrosial
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book III, Canto I: “And whilst he slept she [Venus] over him would…”
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós ‘immortal’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós / ambrosial