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Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLocated on the opposite side of, or referring to two distinct sides or ends of a region or object. · Either, both; having two distinct properties and able to function as either. · Merging two forms, and/or the fusion or inheritance that results from the combination. · Surrounding, around, encircling.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís)lbor. English amphi- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”), possibly from *h₂énts, from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead; front”) + *-s. Doublet of ambi-.
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- Doublet mentionambi-en
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