## Etymology
From Latin ambrosia, from Ancient Greek ambrosia ('immortality, food of the gods'), from ambrotos ('immortal'), from a- ('not') + mbrotos/brotos ('mortal'), cognate with Latin mortalis.

## AI Etymology
Ambrosia is a noun meaning "the food of the gods in mythology; anything delicious or fragrant". Historically, it is from Latin ambrosia, from Ancient Greek ambrosia ('immortality, food of the gods'), from ambrotos ('immortal'), from a- ('not') + mbrotos/brotos ('mortal'), cognate with Latin mortalis. The visible construction is part of the etymology: ambrosia is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The historical chain links Ancient Greek ambrosia, Ancient Greek ambrotos, and Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Close English family members include ambrosial, and ambrosian.

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- Food & Drink

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