English
ambsace
Ambsace comes from Old French ambes as ‘both aces’, and goes back to Latin ambo.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEambo
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ambes as‘both aces’
- Englishearliest quotation 1773ambsace
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEambo
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ambes as‘both aces’
- Englishearliest quotation 1773ambsace
Earliest quotation: 1773, Oliver Goldsmith: “MARLOW (flirting with a maid). And why not now,…”
Linked words
through Latin ambo
Today it means
noun Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ambo / ambsace