ambassade
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- embassy (temporary mission representing a sovereign state)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ambassade borrowed from Italian ambasciata (diplomatic mission).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
ambasciata
Gloss
diplomatic mission
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambassade English
- ambactus Latin
- ambasceria Italian
- ambasciata Italian
- ambassade Dutch, Flemish
- ambassade French
- ambassade Danish
- ambascee Old French
- ambassade Old French
- ambassade Norman
- ambaxxata Maltese
- ambaissada Old Occitan
- ambayssada Old Occitan
- ambasciata roa-oit