{"era":"current","word":"ambush","meaning":"A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"embush","meaning":"to place in a bush, to conceal","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"en-","meaning":"in, into","children":[],"language":"Old French"},{"era":"1200s","word":"bosc","meaning":"wood, bush","children":[{"era":"400s-800s","word":"*imboscāre","meaning":"to put into a wood","children":[],"language":"Vulgar Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}