Etymograph

English

ambo

Ambo comes from Late Latin ambō ‘pulpit, lectern’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἄμβων.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄμβων1ámbōn‘pulpit’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEambō1‘pulpit, lectern’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1918ambo1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ambo
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1918, 1878, Anna Karenina: “‘It will get settled somehow,’ he thought, and went…”.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄμβωνWiktionary, English amboámbōn‘pulpit’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEambōWiktionary, English ambo‘pulpit, lectern’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1918amboWiktionary, English ambo. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1918, 1878, Anna Karenina: “‘It will get settled somehow,’ he thought, and went…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἄμβων

Today it means

noun A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ambo”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄμβων / ambo

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