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Where does “nonambulant” come from?

nonambulant (English) comes from English ambulant, from Latin ambulans, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

nonambulant (English): Synonym of nonambulatory

Definitions

  1. Synonym of nonambulatory

Ancestry of “nonambulant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishambulantAble to walk; Designed for use by somebody with a...
2Latinambulanstraversing, traveling; walking
3Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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