ambuscade

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ambuscade

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    am·bus·cade

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    Etymologie

    [ 'am-b&-"skAd, "am-b&-' ] (noun.) circa 1588. French embuscade, from Italian imboscata, or Spanish emboscada, from emboscar to ambush, from Late Latin imboscare, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *boscu, busk (“bush”) from Proto-Germanic *busk- (“bush, heavy stick”). More at bush.
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