Where does “преамбула” come from?
преамбула (Ukrainian) comes from French préambule, from Old French preambule, from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from Latin praeambulus, from Latin praeambulo, from Latin ambulō, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō — on, onto.
преамбула (Ukrainian): preamble
Definitions
- preamble
Ancestry of “преамбула”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | préambule | preamble; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | preambule | preamble |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | praeambulum | preamble, preface |
| 4 | Latin | praeambulus | preceding; preparatory; forerunner |
| 5 | Latin | praeambulo | I walk before |
| 6 | Latin | ambulō | to traverse, travel |
| 7 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 8 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |