English
funambulism
Funambulism comes from Latin fūnambulus ‘a rope-dancer, tightrope walker’, from ambulō ‘to walk’, 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 CEfūnambulusas funambulis‘a rope-dancer, tightrope walker’
- Englishtodayfunambulism
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 CEfūnambulusas funambulis‘a rope-dancer, tightrope walker’
- Englishtodayfunambulism
Linked words
through Latin *alō ‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’
through Latin ambulō ‘to walk’
Today it means
noun The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- / funambulism