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Where does “ambulant” come from?

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

ambulant (French): walking, strolling; present participle of ambuler

Definitions

  1. walking, strolling; present participle of ambuler

Ancestry of “ambulant”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ambulant”

  • ambulance
  • ambulanceman
  • ambulette
  • ambulancewoman
  • ambulanceperson
  • nonambulance
  • ambulance
  • ambulância
  • ambulanco
  • ambulance
  • ambulans
  • ambulans
  • ambulanse
  • ambulanse
  • 앰뷸런스
  • ambulans
  • एंबुलेंस
  • ambulance
  • ambulans
  • ambulans
  • អំប៊ូឡង់ស៍
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