Etymograph

English

ambulancer

From ambulance + -er.

Formed from ambulance + -er

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- ‘to wander, roam’

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Latin ambulō ‘to traverse, travel’

Latin ambulāns ‘traversing, traveling’

French ambulant

French ambulance

English ambulance

Today it means

noun A medic working in a mobile field hospital.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ambulancer