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Rhymes with -æmbɪt

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Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂empeh₂

Proto-Hellenic *kampā́

Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ)bor.

Late Latin gamba

Italian gamba

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -etto

Italian gambettobor.

English gambit

Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.

An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage. Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
Any ploy or stratagem. Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
A remark intended to open a conversation.