ambitiousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English ambitious

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English ambitiousness

From ambitious + -ness.

Noun

ambitiousness (usually uncountable, plural ambitiousnesses)

1. The state or quality of being ambitious.

Translations

quality of being ambitious

• Czech: ctižádostivost f
• Finnish: kunnianhimoisuus
• Portuguese: ambiciosidade f