ambitus.
circuit, edge, extent; orbit, cycle; canvass, bribery; circumlocution; show;
Meaning & usage
a going around, walking around
circuit
orbit, revolution, cycle
periphrasis, circumlocution
show, ostentation, vanity
an unlawful striving for posts of honor, canvassing, especially by bribery; (by extension) bribery
environment
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin ambiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ambitus From ambiō + -tus (forming action nouns).
skirted
encircled, surrounded
campaigned, canvassed
sought, striven for
Where this word comes from
Perfect passive participle of ambiō.
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