Dictionary entry

Amb-

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Amb–, Am‐bi–. [L. prefix ambi-, amb-, akin to Gr. �, Skr. abhi, AS. embe, emb, OHG. umbi, umpi, G. um, and also L. ambo both. Cf. Amphi-, Both, By.] A prefix meaning about, around; — used in words derived from the Latin.