Where does “perambulator” come from?
perambulator (English) comes from English perambulate, from Latin perambulatus, from Latin perambulo, from Latin ambulō, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi — on, onto.
perambulator (English): A baby carriage; a pram; One who perambulates; A...
Definitions
- A baby carriage; a pram; One who perambulates; A...
Ancestry of “perambulator”, step by step
perambulator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perambulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perambulate | To walk about, roam or stroll; To inspect on... |
| 2 | Latin | perambulatus | |
| 3 | Latin | perambulo | I go through; roam, tour, traverse, perambulate;... |
| 4 | Latin | ambulō | to traverse, travel |
| 5 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 6 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |