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ambi-

American  

  1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, meaning “both” (ambiguous ) and “around” (ambient ); used in the formation of compound words.

    ambitendency.
ambi- British  

combining form

  1. indicating both

    ambidextrous

    ambivalence

    ambiversion
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Etymology

Origin of ambi-

< Latin; akin to Greek amphí, Albanian mbë, Old Irish imb, imb-, Welsh, Old Breton am, am- (variant em- ), Gaulish amb ( i )- ( embassy ), Old High German umbi (> German um ), Old English ymb ( e )-, Sanskrit abhí-tas around. amphi-

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