Ambulatory
/ˈæm.bjə.lə.tɔːr.i/noun
Able to walk; relating to walking or moving about.
Did you know?Ambulatory comes from Latin ambulatorius, built from ambulare, and that same Latin root also gave English the verb 'amble' and the medical term 'ambulance,' which originally meant a moving field hospital.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂embʰ-
“to go, move about”
Latin
Latin
ambulare
“to walk, go about”
Latin
Latin
ambulatorius
“walking about; movable; relating to walking”
Late Middle English
English
ambulatory
“able to walk; moving about”
Modern English
English
ambulatory
“able to walk; relating to walking or movement about”
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