ambuscade

Etymology

Came into English from French embuscade, which came from Italian imboscata, the past participle of imboscare, meaning ‘to ambush’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *imbosco, meaning ‘I hide, ambush’ (see there for more), from Frankish *busk, meaning ‘bush’, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz, meaning ‘bush, heavy stick’. Compare ambush; more at bush.