ambasade
FromDutchambassade, fromFrenchambassade, fromMiddle Frenchambassade,ambaxade, fromOld Italianambasciata, fromOld Occitanambaissada(“embassy”), derived fromambaissa(“message”), fromLate Latinambactia(“service rendered”) (attested also asambascia, fromProto-Germanic*ambahtiją(“service”),*ambahtaz(“follower, servant”), fromGaulishambaxtos(“dependant, vassal”, literally“one who is sent around”), fromProto-Celtic*ambaxtos(“servant”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ-(“drive around”).
ambasadé (pluralambasade-ambasade)