English
ambulation
Ambulation comes from Latin ambulātiō ‘a walk, stroll’, from *alō ‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- ‘to wander, roam’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂elh₂-‘to wander, roam’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEambulō‘to walk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEambulātiō‘a walk, stroll’
- Englishtodayambulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂elh₂-‘to wander, roam’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEambulō‘to walk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEambulātiō‘a walk, stroll’
- Englishtodayambulation
Linked words
through Latin *alō ‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’
through Latin ambulō ‘to walk’
Today it means
noun Walking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- / ambulation