English
ambulift
Blend of ambulance + lift, originally a trademark.
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
Proto-Germanic *luftuz ‘roof, sky, air’
Proto-Germanic *luftijaną ‘to raise in the air’
Old Norse lypta ‘to lift’
Middle English liften
English lift
Today it means
noun A truck-like vehicle used to lift disabled passengers to an aircraft etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ambulift